Author, SCREENWRITER & POET
William
Widmaier
Luminous stories exploring the hidden magic of life.
William Widmaier is a novelist, poet, and screenwriter whose work traces the intersections of memory, culture, grand adventure, and the search for oneself. After decades shaping creative teams in California’s tech world, he now writes from a restored 18th-century estate in Occitanie, France—where the rhythms of rural life deepen the dual Franco-American heritage that has always informed his voice.
2010 — AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL
A Feast at the Beach
Travel back in time and immerse yourself in the Provence of the late 60s. Sensitively told, filled with humor, tenderness and a beautifully descriptive narrative regaling the reader with the tastes and smells of Southern France, A Feast at the Beach deftly blends the foods of Provence with stories that will touch your heart - and just may inspire you to rediscover your own joie de vivre.
Learn More2022 — A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
The Laughter of Small Gods
Love, nature, friendship, good food, and the end of the world... These evocative short stories are like glimpses through an open window into moments in people's lives. Moments when fate, chance, or a small god for that matter, decided to stick their finger into the pie of life, sometimes for good and sometimes, not so much.
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Coming Soon — Winter 2026
Tales of the Kraken
An expat in France, a talking dog, a village with dark secrets, and a very good bottle of wine...
The Author
William Widmaier has lived between worlds—until now. Beyond the sun-warmed stone and the slow unfolding of the garden lies the path of a writer who crossed oceans and careers, carrying childhood summers in Saint-Tropez into the quiet rooms where stories take root and bloom.
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