Frances Mensah Williams CBE

Frances is a Ghanaian-British author with seven novels and two non-fiction books to her name. Her debut novel, the romantic comedy From Pasta to Pigfoot (2015) which follows underachieving PA Faye Bonsu in her search for love and identity, went straight to no. 23 of WH Smith Travel’s Top 100 Summer Reads. It was followed by a sequel From Pasta to Pigfoot: Second Helpings (2016) which continued Faye’s story in London and Ghana. After the Pasta series, Frances’s subsequent books - the novel Imperfect Arrangements (2020) and a novella series, the Marula Heights Romances - were set in contemporary Ghana.

In 2022 Frances’s novel The Second Time We Met hit No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller charts. Her latest novel, Strictly Friends, (March 2023) went straight to the top of Amazon’s Black African American Kindle Books chart upon release. As a freelance writer, Frances has contributed feature articles to numerous print and online publications including The Voice, The Big Issue, The Irish Times as well as short stories for My Weekly, Hello! Magazine, and S (Daily Express) Magazine. Frances has also published two non-fiction books: Everyday Heroes: Learning from the Careers of Successful Black Professionals and I Want to Work in Africa: How to Move Your Career to the World’s Most Exciting Continent. Frances is also the CEO of Interims for Development Ltd and the founder and Managing Editor of ReConnect Africa, a careers portal for African professionals in the diaspora.

She is an experienced professional whose entrepreneurial business and international skills development projects in the UK and Africa have earned her numerous awards, culminating in a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 2020. Alongside her writing, Frances is currently a Consultant and Executive Coach.