Sam Quinones

:''The surname Quinones is of Spanish language origin. In Spanish, it is spelled Quiñones.''

Sam Quinones ( ;) is an American journalist from Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his reporting in Mexico and on Mexicans in the United States, and for his chronicling of the opioid crisis in America through his 2015 book ''Dreamland'', followed by, in 2021, his book, ''The Least of Us.'' He has been a reporter for 35 years. He is now a freelance journalist. Prior to that he was a reporter for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from 2004 to 2014. Provided by Wikipedia