Sam Quinones spent eleven years in Mexico, working as a freelance writer for a number of American publications. a publication He was awarded the Alicia Patterson Fellowship in 1998. True Stories from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx (UNM Press), a collection of stories set in contemporary Mexico, was published in 2001 to critical acclaim. He is now a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Sheila, and daughter, Kate.