Sam Quinones

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sam Quinones
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Dec 13, 1958(1958-12-13)
Age	66
Birthplace	Claremont
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Sam Quinones Biography

Sam Quinones is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on December 13, 1958 in Claremont, California, United States.

He took his first journalism job in 1987 at the Orange County Register. The next year he moved to Stockton, California, where he spent four years working as a crime reporter for the Stockton Record. In 1992, he moved to Seattle, where he covered county government and politics for the Tacoma News-Tribune.

He left for Mexico in 1994 where he worked as a freelance reporter. Quinones returned to the United States in 2004 to work for the Los Angeles Times, covering immigration-related stories and gangs.

Sam Quinones Net Worth

Sam Quinones is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sam Quinones 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Quinones grew up in Claremont, California. He graduated from Claremont High School in 1977 and then attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with B.A. degrees in Economics and American History.

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He wrote in November 2012 about efforts to rework the Mexican indigenous governance system known as usos y costumbres (uses and customs), which has become seen as disadvantaging migrants to the United States and pitting them against people who had remained in their villages.

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sam Quinones celebrates birthday on December 13 of every year.

In 2014, Quinones left the Los Angeles Times to “return to freelancing, writing for National Geographic, Pacific Standard Magazine, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Magazine, and several other publications.”

Top Facts about Sam Quinones

1. Sam Quinones is an American journalist and author.
2. He was born in Claremont, California in 1958.
3. Quinones has written for the Los Angeles Times and other publications.
4. His book “Dreamland” won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
5. Quinones has also won awards from the Overseas Press Club and others.
6. He is known for his reporting on drug trafficking and immigration issues.
7. Quinones graduated from Pomona College with a degree in economics.
8. He later earned a master’s degree in Latin American studies from UC Berkeley.
9. Quinones currently lives in Los Angeles with his family.
10. He continues to write books and articles on social issues affecting America today.

Why did Sam Quinones name his book Dreamland?

The title “Dreamland” comes from a large community swimming pool in Portsmouth, Ohio. For decades it was the community gathering place. The book begins and ends in Portsmouth, which Quinones calls “America’s opiate ground zero.”

Is Dreamland a nonfiction?

Dreamland won a National Book Critics Circle award for the Best Nonfiction Book of 2015.

Who is the author of Dreamland?

Sam Quinones

Who are the xalisco boys?

The Xalisco Boys are an innovative heroin distribution group formed in the early 1990s. Throughout the book, they are considered by law enforcement to be unique as far underground drug trades go because they operate not as a large-scale cartel, but as a network of small cells—franchises, essentially.

Is Dreamland a true story?

Sam Quinones: Dreamland: The True Story of America’s Opiate Epidemic – Boston College Events.