Liza Marie Garcia
Liza Marie Garcia is the founder and Chief Operating Officer of NOW Publishing. Based in Tampa, Florida, she’s worked with hundreds of writers and authors. In the company’s first five years, NOW reached important milestones, publishing more than 50 books across multi-media platforms and in various genres. Those early genres included business, leadership & entrepreneurship, mental health, health & wellness and faith-based storytelling. Growing amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, NOW publishes in more than 20 genres including children’s books, fiction, cookbooks and poetry.
Liza Marie is a former tech CEO and an author herself. Her first book, “Never Drink Coffee During a Business Meeting”, was featured by Barnes & Noble in its 2017 West Coast book tour. She’s also co-authored “My Calendar is Written in Crayon” and the “90 Day Author.”
Liza Marie has the distinction of founding one of the first professional services firms in the telecommunications industry in the U.S. She brought the company to market in Seattle, Washington, and expanded to Oregon before selling the firm in 2014. This serial entrepreneur moved to Florida and launched NOW Publishing in 2015.
Liza Marie is the proud mother of two daughters, is an avid golfer and a self proclaimed USTA “tennis maniac.” She credits her Faith and her daughters as the source of her strength, resilience and greatest inspiration.
