Erin Quinn 

Erin Quinn was born and bread in New Paltz and is currently a staff reporter for the New Paltz Times and a regular contributor to the Woodstock Times. She has written articles on everything from murder trials to local pig races. In 2000 she was awarded “Best Feature Writer” by the New York State Press Association for an article about her conversion to thrift shopping.

In 2004 she was the winner of the “Best News Story” by the New York State Press Association, Division 3, for her coverage in The New Paltz Times of then 26 year old Green Party Mayor Jason West’s decision to marry same-sex couples and the law suits, protests, counter-protests and judgments that ensued.

In 2005 she published her first book, Pride and Politics: The Tale of a Big Story in a Small Town. www.mixmultimedia.com

Quinn is thirty-five, married to a French/Polish national whom she met in a Jazz bar while on vacation in Paris. They have three small children. She speaks French fluently but with a terrible American accent and is still working on her Polish. She reads voraciously, loves running, and watching old musicals with her husband and kids; particularly An American in Paris.