Kimberly Quinn (formerly Fortier; ''née'' Solomon; born 1961) is an American

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, commentator and

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and writer; latterly the publisher of British conservative news magazine ''

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''.

Early life

A native of

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, she is one of two daughters of businessman Marvin Solomon and actress

Lugene Sanders Trevalene Lugene Solomon (born September 17, 1934 or 1935) is an American retired actress and former child star. The peak of her career was during the mid-1950s. Before getting married and retiring from acting in the early 1960s, Solomon went un ...

. She is of Jewish heritage. She majored in Victorian Studies at

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Professional career

She has written for ''

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'', ''

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'' and UK newspapers ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She was the Communications and marketing director for

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in the UK. She took her position at ''The Spectator'' in 1996. On 24 November 2006, Kimberly Quinn resigned from her post at ''The Spectator''. She has written a series of time travel adventures for young adults; the Chronicles of the Tempus series. The first work, ''The Queen Must Die'' (2010) was followed by ''The Queen at War'' (2013).

Personal life

In 1987, Quinn married American

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Michael Fortier; the couple divorced in 2000, following revelations of her affair with Stephen Quinn, publisher of ''Vogue'' and '' GQ'' magazines. In 2001, she married Quinn; during this marriage, she had an affair with

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in Tony Blair's ministry. Quinn's three-year affair with David Blunkett ended acrimoniously in mid-2004. The affair was revealed by the ''

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'' in August 2004, according to the prosecution in the ''

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'' trial in October 2013, after the newspaper had intercepted

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s. During that period, Quinn gave birth to one son and became pregnant with a second child. The paternity of the two children became a matter of dispute. Blunkett's paternity of Quinn's elder child, William, was confirmed by DNA tests. Following the end of the affair between Quinn and Blunkett, moves by him to gain informal access to the first child were rejected by Quinn, and in early December 2004 Blunkett petitioned the

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of the High Court to grant him legal access. Controversy around a number of matters arising from the affair, particularly concerns over the handling of the visa of Quinn's nanny, contributed to Blunkett's resignation in mid-December 2004. Shortly after Blunkett's resignation, it was revealed by the ''News of the World'' that Quinn had also had an affair with Simon Hoggart, a political journalist and regular contributor to ''The Spectator''. In February 2005, Quinn gave birth to a second son, Lorcan Quinn. A month later, Blunkett announced that DNA tests had revealed he was not the father of Quinn's second child.Official ''Court Service'' report on the paternity case
Blunkett has said that Quinn's elder son attended a Jewish nursery.

References

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