Upekala Bhagyanie Athukorala is currently a teacher at a government school in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. Since her school days, her poems have appeared in the local newspapers. Her debut poetry collection, Paratharaya (Distance), was published in 2012, her second book, Sankranthiyaka Sanakeli (Carnival of Transition), in 2015, and her third collection, Irthu aga Shesha path (Remnants of the Seasons), in 2020. She has won several national awards for her work.