Laima Muktupāvela
Laima Muktupāvela Kota (born 20 January 1962 in Rēzekne) is a Latvian author. Life. Muktupāvela was born in 1962 and she graduated with a History degree in 1989. She worked at various jobs until she became a full-time writer in 2000 after working part-time on published works for seven years. She won a prize for her work "Šampinjonu Derība" (The Mushroom Testament). She is now married to a Turkish poet and says that she will publish further work under her married name. She has converted to the Islamic religion in 2011.