Frances Mensah Williams CBE spent her early childhood between the USA, Austria and Ghana before settling in the UK. An avid scribbler, her acclaimed first novel, From Pasta to Pigfoot, was published in 2015 and the sequel, From Pasta to Pigfoot: Second Helpings, in 2016. Her third novel, Imperfect Arrangements (2020), was followed by the Marula Heights series of standalone novellas, Sweet Mercy and River Wild, set in contemporary Ghana. The Second Time We Met was published in 2022.

An entrepreneur, consultant, executive coach, and TEDx speaker, Frances is also the author of three non-fiction careers books and managing editor of careers portal ReConnectAfrica.com. She is a passionate advocate for skills development and has written extensively on careers and business relating to Africa and the African diaspora. She has received awards for innovation in business and skills development, culminating in the CBE awarded by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2020 New Year's Honours List for services to Africans in the UK and in Africa.