The Queen of the South (novel)

The Queen of the South (Spanish: La reina del sur) is a 2002 novel by the Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It is about a Mexican woman who ends up as an international drug lord.

Telemundo produced a Spanish-language television series based on the novel, La Reina del Sur. With a budget of 10 million US dollars, it was Telemundo's most expensive TV series at the time of its premiere in 2011. USA Network made an English-language adaptation for television, Queen of the South (2016–2021).

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