Sam Quinones
Sam Quinones | |
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Quinones in 2022 | |
| Born | Claremont, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Reporter for the Los Angeles Times |
| Notable work | Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration; True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic The Virgin of the American Dream "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth" |
- The surname Quinones is of Spanish language origin. In Spanish, it is spelled Quiñones.
Sam Quinones (/kiˈnjoʊ.neɪs/ kin-YOH-ness;) is an American journalist and author of four books of narrative nonfiction. He is based in Los Angeles, California. Quinones is best known for his reporting on Mexico and Mexican communities in the United States, as well as for his work chronicling the opioid crisis in America, particularly through his 2015 book Dreamland, followed by The Least of Us in 2021.
He has worked as a reporter since 1987 and is currently a freelance journalist. Quinones was a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times from 2004 to 2014.