Frances Mensah Williams CBE
In 2015 Frances’s acclaimed first novel From Pasta to Pigfoot was published by Jacaranda Books and selected by WH Smith Travel as one of the top 25 of its 100 Summer reads. Frances is also the author of the novel Imperfect Arrangements, published in 2020 and described by bestselling novelist Dorothy Koomson as ‘a brilliantly written novel’.
Frances is a passionate advocate for skills and capacity building in Africa. She leads training and talent management projects and delivers management coaching to an international client base. In the UK, she has developed coaching and employment programmes to support the careers of Black and ethnic minority employees and create inclusive workplaces.
Selected as one of the Top 20 Inspirational Women from the African Diaspora in Europe, Frances has received several commendations and awards for entrepreneurship and skills development in Africa and was presented with the 2017 Community Pioneer Award by the African Diaspora Awards.
Frances was awarded a CBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List for services to the African community in the UK and in Africa.
7 books later Frances shares her love for friends, life and writing. Hear about her latest new novel ' The Second Time We Met' hitting the top spot as the number one best selling book on Amazon!