Rianna Williams is an independent historian specializing in the Hawaiian monarchy period. She spent 9 years as a docent at Iolani Palace and is in her tenth year as a docent at Washington Palace. She did research for and was mentored by H.J. Jim Bartels, wrote four books, three articles for the Hawaiian Journal of History amongst other works. She has transcribed and indexed the diaries of Queen Emma, Queen Liliuokalani, and the letters of Charles Reed Bishop for the Bishop Museum. She is a life member of the National Society of Arts and Letters. In 2002 she was honored by The Foundation for Hawaii Women s History and the Alu Like Native Hawaiian Library. She is a member of the Hawaiian Historical Society as well.