Tembe Denton Hurst of New York reviewed the book positively: 'It's been a while since I read a book I was delighted by - a book that made me smile wide for no reason because of how touching or cute it is. After its publication it was named to the New York Times Best Seller list and was also selected for Reese Witherspoon's book club. The protagonist lives with chronic migraines, a condition that Williams also has. In 2021, she released Seven Days in June, a novel about two writers who reunite after 15 years for a week-long affair. A release date has not yet been announced. The book was adapted into a film produced by Netflix and Gabrielle Union, who also stars. Williams released The Perfect Find in 2016 under Hachette, about a woman who takes a job as a fashion editor and falls in love with her frenemy manager's son. She also wrote two young adult novels, It Chicks and It Chicks: Sixteen Candles. In 2006, she co-authored the book The Beauty of Color with Iman. It received a positive review from Publishers Weekly, where her writing was praised: 'Williams's gift for sexy if sometimes purple prose.save this energetic romance from being just another uptown girl meets downtown boy tale and signals the arrival of a sharp new talent.' Williams published her first novel The Accidental Diva in 2004 during a resurgence of chick lit published by and about Black women.

Since 2020, she has been the editorial director of the Estée Lauder Companies. Williams worked as the head copywriter at Bumble and bumble for five years. She also worked as an editor at publications including Essence, Glamour, Teen People, and Elle.

Williams' professional writing career began in 2004, when she founded the fashion blog Shake Your Beauty. She moved to Brooklyn shortly after graduation and has lived there since. Williams received her bachelor's degree from University of Virginia in 1997. She named The Westing Game as one book that shaped her into an aspiring writer. She began writing during childhood and wrote her first book at age seven. Williams was raised in a suburban area of Virginia. She is also a long-time fashion editor and the current editorial director for the Estée Lauder Companies. She has published six books and is best known for The Accidental Diva (2004), The Perfect Find (2016), and Seven Days in June (2021). Tia Williams is an American novelist and editor.

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams