 Williams writes articles on history for British newspapers including "The Daily Telegraph", and reviews for "BBC History", "History Today" and the "Financial Times".In 2010 she was a judge for the Biographer's Club Tony Lothian First Biography Prize, the Book Drum Tournament 2010, and the Litro/IGGY International Young Person's Short Story Award.A short story, "The Weakness of Hearts", was published in issue 104 of "Litro" literary magazine.