Sally Quinn is a longtime Washington Post journalist, columnist, television commentator, Washington insider, and one of the capital’s legendary hostesses. She is also the founder of The Washington Post’s religion website “On Faith.” Quinn has been with The Washington Post for more than 50 years covering politics, culture and social life.

Quinn has written WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU A STAR, about her experience as the first female network anchor in the United States for “CBS Morning News”; REGRETS ONLY, her first novel; HAPPY ENDINGS, its sequel; and THE PARTY, in which Quinn offers an insider’s look at Washington entertaining and a personal view of the value of friendship. She published a memoir  titled FINDING MAGIC in September 2017, about her marriage to the legendary Watergate editor of The Washington Post, Ben Bradlee. Bradlee was featured in the HBO documentary, The Newspaperman. He was played by Jason Robards in the film All the President’s Men and by Tom Hanks in The Post, with Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham.

Quinn was with the late Ben Bradlee for 43 years until he died in 2014. They have one son, Quinn Bradlee. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Books by Sally Quinn

Silent Retreat

by Sally Quinn - Fiction, Romance

When prize-winning reporter Sybilla Sumner checks into a monastery for a silent retreat, romance is the last thing on her mind. She plans to spend five meditative days surrounded by the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley --- and apart from her famous husband and their crumbling marriage. James Fitzmaurice-Kelly isn’t looking for romance either. He is the Archbishop of Dublin and has maintained a vow of celibacy for decades --- even as he has publicly questioned the church’s teachings. But as Sybilla and Fitz continue silently crossing paths, an undeniable charge builds between them, one that could see them abandoning their vows.