Beatriz Williams, who also uses the pseudonym Juliana Gray, is an American historical fiction writer. She is the New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author of Our Woman in Moscow, The Summer Wives, Her Last Flight, The Golden Hour, The Secret Life of Violet Grant, A Hundred Summers, and several other works of historical fiction, including four novels in collaboration with fellow bestselling authors Karen White and Lauren Willig.

A graduate of Stanford University with an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, Williams worked as a communications and corporate strategy consultant in New York and London before her first novel was published in 2012. Her books have won numerous awards, been translated into more than a dozen languages, and appear regularly in bestseller lists around the world.

Born in Seattle, Washington, Williams now lives near the Connecticut shore with her husband and four children, where she divides her time between writing and laundry. She is a dynamic and engaging speaker on topics ranging from twentieth century history to the craft of storytelling, and is especially passionate in discussing the changing cultural status of women in historical context. Williams appears frequently at conferences, libraries, bookstores, and other public and private forums.