Bridget Quinn is the author, most recently, of Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry & Revolution in the Life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, a thirty year pursuit; and the books She Votes, an Amazon Editors’ pick for Best History Books 2020, and the award-winning Broad Strokes, an Amazon pick for Best Art & Photography Books 2017 and an Amelia Bloomer List selection of recommended feminist literature from the American Library Association. Translated into four languages, Broad Strokes was a national finalist for best art book of the year in Ukraine. NPR’s Susan Stamberg called it “a terrific essay collection” with “spunky attitudinal, SMART writing,” making it the second time “attitudinal” has been used about her work (first: Kirkus 1996).

A writer, critic and art historian, her Nob Hill Gazette story on postwar Bay Area artists was named Best Feature Story by the San Francisco Press Club. Her essay “At Swim, Two Girls,” originally published in Narrative magazine, was selected for inclusion in The Best American Sports Writing anthology. Her essays and fiction have received three Pushcart Prize nominations, including her short story “Renaissance, MT,” published in Alta Journal.

Currently a doctoral candidate in art history with Ghent University in Belgium, she holds an MA from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. She lives in San Diego with her family.