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No Better Time

A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion

The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II — the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the conflict. 

“Inspired by the story of her cousin who served in the Women’s Army Corps, Sheila Williams’ No Better Time is a beautiful novel about the friendships and sacrifices made by Black women serving in World War II.”
The Root

Sheila Williams

Author Sheila Williams

Named one of Cincinnati Business Courier’s 2022 Women Who Mean Business

Sheila Williams was born in Columbus, Ohio in a year that’s none of your business.

She is a reformed corporate borg (she drank the Kool-Aid but it made her sick), loves to read, listen to music (most kinds), travel and eat popcorn, preferably served dripping with butter. Sheila lives in northern Kentucky.

Sheila is the author of Dancing on the Edge of the Roof, On the Right Side of a Dream, The Shade of My Own Tree, Girls Most Likely, The Secret Women and Things Past Telling. She is a contributor to an anthology entitled A Letter For My Mother, compiled and edited by her friend, writer Nina Foxx.


Juanita, a Netflix Film

Juanita Netflix Film

Juanita, a Netflix film, is based on Sheila Williams’ book Dancing on the Edge of the Roof.

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Fierce the Opera

Fierce the Opera

Making its Iowa premiere April 2024!

The Cincinnati Opera’s world premiere of Fierce was hailed as “a one-act operatic gem” (All About the Arts).

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