David Williams (journalist)

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David Williams was a former journalist with The West Australian Newspaper in Perth, Western Australia.

Williams authored the 1989 account of the failed drug run and subsequent execution of Australian drug runners, Kevin Barlow and Geoffrey Chambers. Titled This Little Piggy Stayed Home: Barlow, Chambers and the Mafia the book was one of the more controversial publications of Panorama Books. The book was never printed again following its initial release, despite continued demand.

Williams continued as a journalist before managing a number of country newspapers for Rural Press Ltd. He later obtained a theological degree and began research towards a PhD in Old Testament Theology in 2004.

Williams continues to live in Western Australia.

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