Eva Elisabeth "Liza" Marklund (born 9 September 1962) is a Swedish journalist and crime writer.

Marklund is the co-owner of Sweden's third largest publishing house, Piratförlaget [sv], and has worked as a journalist as well as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.

In addition, she has co-authored two documentary novels with Maria Eriksson and one non-fiction book about female leadership with Lotta Snickare.

[11] Buried Alive: A True Story is the 1995 literary debut of Swedish author Liza Marklund.

[16] In 2009, the film and TV production company Yellow Bird bought the rights to adapt an additional six Annika Bengtzon novels for the screen: Studio 69, Prime Time, The Red Wolf, Nobel's Last Will, Lifetime, and A Place in the Sun.

She travels regularly on behalf of the UNICEF and has, among other things, especially covered questions related to child slavery and children with HIV and AIDS in the third world.