About Bett Williams
Contemporary Psychedelics Pioneer and Author
Bett Williams is a literary writer and psychedelic explorer, and the author of The Wild Kindness; A Psilocybin Odyssey (Dottir Press Fall, 2020), a memoir about growing mushrooms in the high desert of New Mexico. Her other works include The Wrestling Party and Girl Walking Backwards (St. Martin’s Press), which was named as one of the Ten Best Young Adult Queer Novels by Vogue Magazine. She has written for several publications including DoubleBlind, OUT Magazine, Flaunt, Lucid News and Lenny Letter.
Speaking Engagements
Featured Speaker – The Mt. Tam Psilocybin Summit, 2020.
Moderator — CIIS, Cultural and Political Perspectives on Psychedelic Science, 2018.
Featured Speaker — Horizons Perspectives on Psychedelics Conference, 2018.
Featured Speaker — Women and Entheogen’s Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, 2015
Podcast: No Cures, Only Alchemy
Bett and her partner Beth Hill host No Cures, Only Alchemy, a podcast centered around psychedelics and culture creation. Featured guests include Michelle Lhooq, Ariana Reines, Michelle Tea, Amanda Yates Garcia, and many more at their Vocal Warehouse event series in Los Angeles.