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Kevin Fagan

@kevinwriter.bsky.social
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Author of “The Lost and The Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances," out on Feb. 11, 2025. Former longtime SF Chronicle reporter on homelessness, crime & human interest. Details at: www.kevinfaganwriter.com

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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
So happy that enough people dug my book that the publisher has issued a second printing, this time in paperback! Available everywhere books are sold 😊
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Latest stop on my West Coast tour: Today in Oregon Books in Grants Pass, Oregon, the town that triggered last year’s SCOTUS sweeps decision. Great crowd, lovely store, charming town! @atriabooks.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I’ll be reading/signing in Stockton tomorrow, and my guest will be Tyson’s cousin Stephanie:
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
There’s still time to catch our second set at Chief Sullivan’s in North Beach tonight! Come on down for our Fourth of July show!
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Coming soon to Petaluma -
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Coming this Thursday -- I'll be at the venerable Mechanic's Institute talking about my book and homelessness solutions with KQED's Erin Baldassari. @simonandschuster.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lost-a...
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The Lost and the Found with author Kevin Fagan and Erin Baldassari
Join journalist Kevin Fagan in conversation with KQED Senior Editor Erin Baldassari on Fagan’s new book, The Lost and the Found.
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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'The Lost and the Found' takes an intimate look at homelessness in San Francisco : NPR's Book of the Day
As a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Kevin Fagan embedded with the city's unhoused population. Now retired, he's written a book built around two of the people he got to know through his repo...
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Had a wonderful experience on "Invisible People" podcast in L.A. with host Mark Horvath, talking about my book and the national crisis of homelessness: Spotify spoti.fi/3XyM98c Apple Podcast apple.co/4cckQ86 YouTube Podcast shorturl.at/XciIu @atriabooks.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Catch me on NPR’s national “Here and Now” show with the inimitable Deepa Fernandez today talking about my book, “The Lost and The Found” — @atriabooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social here’s the recording and an excerpt from the book: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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'The Lost and the Found' takes a deep dive into two stories of homelessness
For decades, retired San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan covered the city's unhoused population.
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Coming this Sunday - I'll be speaking on this panel at the LA Times Book Festival with other authors about housing and homelessness: events.latimes.com/festivalofbo... @atriabooks.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Nice nod to my book in the New York Times Sunday print edition, by SF Bureau Chief Heather Knight @atriabooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I had a great hourlong interview about my book, my past and homelessness with Jim, the host of his widely acclaimed podcast “the San Francisco experience“ — @atriabooks.bsky.social @simonaudio.bsky.social
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Coming this Wednesday -- book talk and signing at the Book Passage in Corte Madera with moderator Cynthia Le Monds of the homeless-aid Ritter Center! (Special bonus: Dick "The Maestro" Bright will be adding his violin to my song at the end of the talk)
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🎧 Listen to the podcast! @kevinwriter.bsky.social spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about his detailed portrait of what it is like to survive without shelter and why it’s so difficult to resolve an issue that has long plagued our region. 🔗:
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Kevin Fagan Takes A Deep, Immersive Look At Surviving Homelessness
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Host Alexis Madrigal and I had a great conversation on KQED’s Forum show about homelessness and my book “The Lost and The Found” - @atriabooks.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🌉 MON at 9AM: We're speaking with @kevinwriter.bsky.social about his detailed portrait of what it is like to survive without shelter and why it’s so difficult to resolve an issue that has long plagued our region. ❓How has homelessness impacted your life or that of a loved one? buff.ly/43gR5Bu
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How being homeless as a youth helped Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan brave the streets in his new book
In his upcoming book, longtime San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan delves into how painful it was to be homeless and how it is for his subjects.
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Great review of my book today in The New Yorker magazine. Grateful that the writer understands what I was trying to convey -- @atriabooks.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social rb.gy/jqardq
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A Profoundly Empathetic Book on Homelessness in the Bay Area
Kevin Fagan’s new work moves beyond predictable policy critique to offer a powerful reminder of the moral side of the crisis.
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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
NBCC member Paul Wilner interviewed @kevinwriter.bsky.social, author of "The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family and Second Chances," for the San Francisco Examiner:
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New book on homelessness leads with kindness
Longtime SF journalist reflects on lessons learned.
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
More book signings coming up for my "The Lost and the Found" --- !
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Here at last: My 1st book signing will be this Wed at SF's Book Passage with the talented author/journalist Gianna Toboni. ("The Lost and The Found' will hit bookstores the day before, on Tues) Come on down! @simonandschuster.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social @onesignal.bsky.social
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Check out Time Magazine online today -- they ran the 1st excerpt of my book "The Lost and The Found" (which comes out Feb. 11). This Time piece is actually an "adapted" excerpt, consisting mostly of passages from the book w/new essay bits by me to spackle them together: time.com/7212420/home...
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What I Learned From 32 Years of Writing About Homelessness
Bright spots in our nation’s ability to address this crisis are few, writes Kevin Fagan. And it’s no mystery why.
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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Who was the Zodiac Killer? I covered the case for decades; here are my final thoughts
I covered the Zodiac Killer for nearly three decades for the San Francisco Chronicle. As I leave the job, here are my final thoughts on the saga.
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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Opinion: London Breed and I are leaving our jobs. Are we leaving San Francisco a better place?
Kevin Fagan: London Breed and I are both leaving our jobs in San Francisco this week. Homelessness, particularly in the Tenderloin, connected us.
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I’ve known this doctor a long time - we need more amazing souls like him: The father of S.F. street medicine is about to retire after decades of caring for the homeless @sfchronicle www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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The father of S.F. street medicine is about to retire after decades of caring for the homeless
Dr. Barry Zevin, who helped usher in the methods used today for providing health care to people experiencing homelessness, will retire at the end of 2024.
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Kevin Fagan @kevinwriter.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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Bob Lee murder trial: S.F. jury finds Nima Momeni guilty of second-degree murder
A San Francisco jury on Tuesday found Bay Area tech consultant Nima Momeni guilty of murdering Cash App founder and tech mogul Bob Lee.
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