Biography of Beth Quinn

If you live in the Hudson Valley, you probably already know Beth Quinn’s work. Her columns, articles, and editing work appeared in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, NY, for 26 years – she started as Beth Mullally – until 2008 when she branched out on her own to form an editorial business, www.BethQuinnWritingServices.com.

Beth wrote a popular weekly opinion column for most of her years at the Record; she also served at various times as the paper’s health editor and editorial page editor.

Beth also created the newspaper’s style book, becoming the paper’s go-to person on matters of style, grammar, and usage. For Beth, the correct use of the apostrophe matters! She continues that good fight.

Beth’s work at the Record earned her 39 state and national writing awards in categories that include commentary, health reporting, depth reporting, business reporting, editorial writing, and features.

Her work has also appeared in publications ranging from the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books, Reader’s Digest, the Sporting News and (obviously, if you know Beth) Dog Fancy. Her columns have been published in two books of collected works, The Best of Beth and Unleashed, the Dog Columns.

Beth is also an adjunct associate professor of English at SUNY Orange, where she teaches writing.

In addition, she edits work written by amateur writers who want to see their stories told in book form. “We all have a story to tell,” she says. “Sometimes we just need someone to say, ‘Let me help.’”

Helping other writers is what Beth Quinn does – and we’re very glad she’s helping us. You will be, too.