Kevin Fagan

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

I’ll be reading/signing in Stockton tomorrow, and my guest will be Tyson’s cousin Stephanie:

Thanks so very much, Debra ... glad the story spoke to you

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!

Thanks so much, Becky! I poured my heart into that book

Coming soon to Petaluma -

Oh, Becky, this is so great to hear! Thank you for reading and for understanding what I was trying to get across in the book!

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
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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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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:
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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.

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...

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

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

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“ —
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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)

Kevin Fagan Takes A Deep, Immersive Look At Surviving Homelessness KQED's Forum · Episode

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@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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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

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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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?
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Looking forward to this!

Thanks, Derek!

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.

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
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I could not agree more! Living full on, exploring everything you can, is the best teacher of all. Then go write the hell out of everything you can think of, and love the feel of the words flowing off your fingertips

New book on homelessness leads with kindness Longtime SF journalist reflects on lessons learned.

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:

More book signings coming up for my "The Lost and the Found" --- !

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

I couldn't agree more, Larry .. thanks for reposting

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.

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:
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Thanks so much, Bret -- it was a pleasure talking with you and Patty. Hope to see you at one of my book signings!

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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