
In 2018 she published an article for Vanity Fair about her experience with Sorokin, titled As An Added Bonus, She Paid For Everything: My Bright-Lights Misadventure With A Magician of Manhattan, and in 2019 published the book My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress. Since leaving Vanity Fair, Williams works as a writer and photographer. While Sorokin was found guilty on four counts of theft of services, one count of attempted grand larceny, and three counts of grand larceny, she was not found guilty for stealing from Williams, and even though she was found not guilty, Williams' credit card company did forgive the majority of her debt. Williams helped the police track down and arrest Sorokin in Los Angeles, and testified against her in court.

Sorokin paid back $5,000, but not the remaining difference, and Williams reported the incident to the New York City Police Department and the New York County District Attorney. While on a vacation with Sorokin and Kacy Duke at La Mamounia in Marrakesh in May 2017, Sorokin's credit card stopped working and Williams offered to pay the $62,000 for the trip on both her personal and business credit cards with the promise that Sorokin would wire her the money when her bank would allow her. Sorokin, who had created the identity of a German heiress named Anna Delvey, and Williams became friends and attended dinners and events in New York City together. She met Anna Sorokin through friends at a nightclub in New York City in 2016. She worked on shoots for Caitlyn Jenner, Rihanna, and Patti Smith. Williams worked as a photo editor and producer at Vanity Fair, assisting in and producing photoshoots. While a student, she interned in New York City for Art + Commerce, Harper's Bazaar, and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. She graduated from Kenyon College in 2010 with degrees in English and studio art. Williams is originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, the daughter of two clinical psychologists.

Since then, she has written for Time and Air Mail and wrote the book My Friend Anna: the True Story of the Fake Heiress of New York City. She wrote an article about her experiences with Sorokin for Vanity Fair in 2018. Williams later reported Sorokin to the New York City Police Department and the New York County District Attorney, helping the police locate and arrest Sorokin in Los Angeles and testified against her in court. Williams is known for being the former friend of Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a German heiress and was accused of conning Williams out of $62,000. She worked as a photo editor and producer for Vanity Fair until 2019. Rachel DeLoache Williams (born January 29, 1988) is an American writer, photographer, and editor.
