| The Queen of the South | |
| Author: | Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
| Title Orig: | La reina del sur |
| Orig Lang Code: | es |
| Translator: | Andrew Hurley |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Publisher: | Alfaguara |
| Pub Date: | 2002 |
| English Pub Date: | 7 June 2004 |
| Pages: | 542 |
| Isbn: | 9788420464350 |
The Queen of the South (Spanish; Castilian: 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.[1] [2]
Telemundo produced a Spanish-language television series of the same name, based on the novel. With a budget of 10 million US dollars, it was Telemundo's most expensive TV series at the time of its premiere in 2011.[3] The second season was launched in April 2019. USA Network made an English-language adaptation for television, Queen of the South (2016–2021).[4]