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Sally Quinn Bio (Wiki)

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Grace Evans

Updated on March 07, 2026

Who is Sally Quinn?

Sally Quinn is an American author and journalist.

Currently, she writes about religion for a blog at The Washington Post and is the editor-in-chief/co-founder of the Washington Post’s religion feature, ‘On Faith’. She was previously married to Benjamin C. Bradlee.

Age(81 years), Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity, Nationality, and Education

Sally was born in Savannah, Georgia on July 1, 1941, as Sally Sterling Quinn. She is the daughter of Lt. General William Wilson ‘Buffalo Bill’ Quinn and Sara Bette Williams.

She has two siblings younger sister, Donna of Oakland, California, and a younger brother William Jr. of Phoenix, Arizona. Furthermore, she is of American nationality.

In addition, she belongs to a Scottish ethnic background. Sally spent most of her early life and childhood on Connecticut Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C.

Sally Quinn
Caption: Sally Quinn (Source: Huff Post)

Talking about her education, Sally attended Smith College. Later, she graduated there in 1963.

Sally Quinn: Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Initially, Sally began working at The Washington Post. Although she had some problems at first due to her lack of experience, she soon started demonstrating her skills in the reporting field.

Next, she started involved in the television world. She joined CBS News reporter Hughes Rudd as co-anchor of the ‘CBS Morning News.

Her first television appearance did not go as planned and she collapsed while trying to fight the flu. Eventually, she left ‘CBS Morning News’ after the February 1, 1974, telecast.

Sally has appeared in several shows and documentaries including ‘20/20’, ‘The O’Reilly Factor, ‘Rock Center with Brian Williams’, ‘Now with Alex Wagner’, ‘Face the Nation’, ‘Charlie Rose’, ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams, ‘Encore with John Palmer’, ‘Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater’, ‘The Bob Braun Show’ and others.

In addition, she also appeared in ‘Born Yesterday as Beatrice Duffee in 1993. She rose after her marriage to Benjamin C. Bradlee. Additionally, Sally also served as social secretary for Cherif Guell.

Sally has published numerous books namely ‘The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining., ‘We’re Going to Make You a Star, and ‘Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir.

Additionally, she released her book ‘Happy Endings’ in 1991 and ‘Regrets Only’ in 1986.

Although people have speculated Sally’s net worth to be in the millions. As of 2022, she has an estimated net worth of $13 million.

Is Sally Quinn involved in any rumors and controversies?

Sally was involved in a controversy after she published a book entitled ‘Finding magic’. In the book, she recalled her mother putting hexes on two people that later died.

Furthermore, she described performing hex magic herself on three people, two of whom died shortly after. Her animus towards the Clintons is also often controversial.

In addition, her column for The Washington Post published on February 19, 2010, was criticized by many and faced several reader backlashes.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Talking about her body measurement, she has a height of 1.88m or 74.01 inches.

Additionally, she weighs 66kg. In addition, her hair color is blonde and her eye color is blue.

Is Sally Quinn active on social media?

Sally is fairly active on social media. She has more than 5.5K followers on Twitter.

Furthermore, she is not quite active on other social sites like Facebook and Instagram.

Also know more about the early life, career, net worth, relationships, and controversies of other authors and journalists including Andrew Ross Sorkin, Andrew Ferguson, Kevin Peraino, Richard Engel, and Hamish Bowles.

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