Her writing has been published in a wide diversity of newspapers and magazines, ranging from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times to Scientific American and Science. She has been journalist-in-residence at Duke University and at the Hasting Center; a fellow at the Center for environmental journalism at the University of Colorado and at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Author of several books, her previous book, Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics and the Battle for America's Energy Future, co-written with Robert Whitcomb, was named one of the year's ten best environmental books by Booklist. Williams lives on Cape Cod and spends as much time around the ocean as possible.