Born and brought up in Oldham, Lancashire, England, Williams graduated in Law and Sociology at Durham University, was called to the bar in 1970. Williams came to public attention when his first novel, The Hitler Diaries, was published nine months before the famous Hitler Diaries forgery scandal, and he seemed again prophetic when Farewell to Russia, a novel about a nuclear accident in the USSR, was completed four months before the Chernobyl Disaster.
He practiced law for a number of years before changing to a career of legal and commercial work in the construction industry. His work as an author falls under four categories: Crime stories as Jim Williams Non-fiction as Jim Williams A single historical romance as Alexander Mollin Thrillers as Richard Hugo Lara's Child was the subject of an international literary scandal in 1994 because its subject was a sequel to Doctor Zhivago. Frances Fyfield called it "Sparkling and utterly charming".
How wonderful!" Jim Williams' books have received positive reviews in The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian and The Evening Standard. Jim Williams has been translated into six languages. Jim Williams (1999). Recherché: A Tale of Memories and Murder (1st ed).
Simon & Schuster. . Recherché: A Tale of Memories and Murder (2nd ed). Scribner, Simon & Schuster. . Jim Williams (1998).
Scherzo: A Venetian Entertainment (1st ed). Touchstone Books. Jim Williams (1999). Scherzo: A Venetian Entertainment (2nd ed).
Jim Williams - Non-fiction Jim Williams (2008). How to be a Charlatan and Make Millions (1st ed). Authors OnLine. Jim Williams (2007).
A Message to the Children (1st ed). Authors OnLine. . Alexander Mollin - Novels Alexander Mollin (1994). Lara's Child. Doubleday.
. Richard Hugo - Novels Richard Hugo (1989). Conspiracy of Mirrors. Macmillan. . Richard Hugo (1989).
The Gorbachev Version. Zebra Books. . Richard Hugo (1990). Conspiracy of Mirrors.
Pan Books. . Richard Hugo (1987). Farewell to Russia. Macmillan. . Richard Hugo (1988).
Farewell to Russia. Sphere Books. . Richard Hugo (1989). Farewell to Russia. Pinnacle Books.
. Richard Hugo (1984). Last Judgment. Macmillan. . Richard Hugo (1982).
The Hitler Diaries. Macmillan.
Jim Williams - Novels Jim Williams (2011). The English Lady Murderers' Society (1st ed). Quartet Books. . Jim Williams (2009).
The Argentinian Virgin (1st ed). Quartet Books. . Jim Williams (2001). The Strange Death of a Romantic (1st ed).
Scribner. . Jim Williams (2002). The Strange Death of a Romantic (2nd ed). Scribner. .
