Daina Tabūna was born in 1985 and is a Latvian writer. She graduated from the Latvian Academy of Culture, specialising in Theatre, Film and TV Drama. Since 2000 she has been publishing prose and articles in cultural media. Her short story collection Pirmā reize (The First Time), a contemporary coming-of-age book, was shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literary Award 2014 as the best debut of the year. Tabūna’s stories have been published in the UK by The Emma Press, bearing the title The Secret Box. Tabūna’s works have also been translated into Lithuanian, Slovenian, German, and Chinese.
In 2022, Daina Tabūnas' story for children Lasis Stasis und Atlasijas okeāns (Salmon Sammy and the Ocean) was published. It was nominated for the Jānis Baltvilks award in children and youth literature and included in the long list of the Latvian Literature Award in the category "Best work for children".
In 2023, her first novel Raganas (Witches) was published.
