• There are few more skilled practitioners of the craft of summer fiction than Beatriz Williams.

    — The New York Times

  • I think Williams is writing the best historical fiction out there. It's lush with period detail but feels immediate.

    — Elin Hilderbrand

  • [Williams'] novels are packed with complex, daring, and intriguingly human women.

    — NPR.com

  • Williams’ particular gift as a writer is peeling back the pages of history to breathe life into the interior lives of women — how they lived, loved, and lost within the expectations and limitations of their time.

    — Entertainment Weekly

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When You Loved Me

A young widow returns to her late father’s New England estate, only to be drawn into the hunt for the rumored pirate treasure that consumed his life, in this thrilling and moving love story steeped in New England legend.

An instant USA Today bestseller

 

 

 

 

 

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About Beatriz

Beatriz Williams is a New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction.

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Under the Stars

A devastating secret haunts the women of an old New England family in this rich new novel set on Winthrop Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Husbands & Lovers

Return to Winthrop Island in this shimmering new novel of lost love and family secrets—a New England summer romance like no other.

A Book of the Month Club main selection

TODAY show “Best Beach Read”

Finalist, Goodreads Choice Awards

A LibraryReads Hall of Fame selection

 

 

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Upcoming Events

10/20

Literary Dinner in Roswell, Georgia

Roswell, GA

Join Beatriz and fellow authors Katherine Reay and Cassandra King Conroy for a fabulous dinner and literary discussion moderated by Karen White. THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. Please click here to purchase tickets.


10/25

Totally Booked with Zibby: LIVE

New York, NY

Join Beatriz and a host of fellow authors for a fabulous day of literary discussion with Zibby Owens at The Whitby Hotel in New York City. TICKETS REQUIRED. Please click here to purchase tickets.


10/27

    Book Talk in Barrington, Rhode Island

    Barrington,

    Join Beatriz at Barrington Books in Rhode Island to discuss When You Loved Me,  in conversation with bestselling author Julie Gerstenblatt. THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. Click here to purchase tickets.


    Recent Releases

    2023

    The Beach at Summerly

    The second Winthrop Island novel transports readers back to a midcentury New England rich with secrets and Cold War intrigue.

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    2021

    Our Woman in Moscow

    A gripping and profoundly human drama of Cold War espionage and family devotion, inspired by the shocking history of the Cambridge spy ring.

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    2018

    The Summer Wives

    The first Winthrop Island novel is a ravishing postwar fable of love, class, power, and redemption set among the inhabitants of a rarefied island off the New England coast.

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    Book Clubs

    Beatriz speaks frequently with book clubs around the world. If you’d like to schedule a Zoom or telephone session with Beatriz for your meeting, please fill out the contact form on the Book Clubs page.

    Custom book club kits for select titles are available for you to view and print. Please visit the individual book page to find your kit, if available.

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    October 26, 2021

    Now in bookstores, THE WICKED WIDOW

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    The dazzling Gin Kelly returns in the third novel of the acclaimed Wicked City Prohibition...

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