Now Hear This is pleased to announce that northern California memoirist and speaker Sarah Lopez has become the newest client of the agency.
Published by One Anthem Press, I Chose to Be Here: Loyalty, Lies, and Leaving the Con will be released in October. The deeply personal memoir explores resilience, healing, and mental health through Lopez's extraordinary life journey. Raised by a con artist father and drawn into his schemes as a child, she ultimately built an award-winning career in communications before finding the courage to tell her own story. The book offers a hopeful message about the courage to ask for help, tell the truth, and discover that a different life is possible.
As part of the new relationship, Now Hear This will provide a comprehensive range of public relations and promotional services, including but not limited to pursuing media interviews, bookstore appearances, and book reviews, managing social media, seeking speaking engagements, and creating additional opportunities to raise awareness of both Lopez and her memoir leading up to and following its October release.
"I met Sarah this past February when I was out west, speaking at the San Francisco Writers Conference," said Bruce Wawrzyniak, President of Now Hear This. "I was immediately taken by her story and by her willingness to share it. She and I also found some common ground personally and now I look forward to starting this professional relationship and helping get the word out about her upcoming book. I know this will be an enjoyable opportunity."
In addition to authoring her memoir, Lopez has built an accomplished career as a communications strategist, helping executives, school superintendents, and organizational leaders navigate high-profile communications challenges. Her work has earned ten awards from the California School Public Relations Association as well as recognition from the National School Public Relations Association. She is also an experienced speaker whose presentations have reached audiences at universities, professional associations, nonprofit organizations, and schools throughout California.
Founded by Wawrzyniak, Now Hear This works with clients throughout the United States, providing public relations, media relations, social media, podcasting, consulting, and related communications services.