Laima Kota

Laima Muktupāvela Kota ( Vucina; 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, married a Turkish writer, Ahmet Kot, and lives in Turkey and Latvia. 2002: Patiesu dzīves stāstu ducis (A Dozen True Life Stories) 2008: BrāliBrāli: balsu burvji brāļi Kokari (about twin brothers Gido Kokars and Imants Kokars) 2012: Mana turku kafija (My Turkish Coffee) 2020: Cilvēks ar zilo putnu (A Man with the Blue Bird); novel about Anšlavs Eglītis