At the insistence of friends and family, Bill began writing short stories for reading to his church pre-school children. That is where Big Stories for Small Children was born. Bill and his wife Sue live on their seven acre age old farm in the middle of the big city. The stories in this book are about the animals who live on their little "farm" named "A Touch of Nature". These stories reflect "Grampa Bill's" love of the land, the animals who live there, and of course his love of children.

Bill Wilson holds a PhD in history from Charles Darwin University. His interests lie in the history of police, crime, punishment and how policing and the criminal justice system affect the wider social history of a given period.

Although retired, Bill brings his professional historian's eyes to aspects of Beechworth's history.
He is fascinated by the rich history of the Old Beechworth Gaol because it is a microcosm of the early goldfields history in a town that was 'Ultima Thule [the place to the furthest north] of North-eastern Victoria' during the early years of Victoria as an independent colony.