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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

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Kevin Fagan, author of THE LOST AND THE FOUND, will be speaking at the Healing WELL's "Hope Lives Here: The Tenderloin Speaks" event on Sept. 14! Purchase your ticket here: bit.ly/4njwVxL
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Governor Newsom weighs in on my book and my coverage of homelessness in a conversation with me.... much appreciated. Check it out on Instagram: @CAgovernor @OneSignalPub instagram.com/p/DNgeBDmu98K/
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Coming this Thursday at the venerable Mechanic's Institute in S.F. -- I'll be talking about my book and homelessness solutions with Erin Baldassari @e_baldi @OneSignalPub @SimonBooks @AtriaBooks
A week from today, I'll be talking w/ @KevinChron about his new book, The Lost & the Found, & how California's response to homelessness has - or hasn't - changed in the 2+ decades he's spent covering it. Got questions for him? Let me know! Details here: bit.ly/3TfuXBa
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Had a wonderful experience on "Invisible People" podcast in L.A. with host Mark Horvath, talking about my book & national homelessness crisis: Spotify spoti.fi/3XyM98c Apple Podcast apple.co/4cckQ86 YouTube Podcast shorturl.at/XciIu @OneSignalPub @AtriaBooks
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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 @OneSignalPub @simonschuster here’s the recording and an excerpt from the book: wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/04/…
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Just finished doing a great panel on homelessness at the LA Times Festival of Books with fellow authors @CarolMithers @MaryBrosnahan @jeffhobbswriter and moderator @carlahall …@OneSignalPub @AtriaBooks @SimonBooks
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Nice nod to my book in the New York Times Sunday print edition, by SF Bureau Chief Heather Knight @OneSignalPub @AtriaBooks
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My latest: An hourlong intvw with "The San Francisco Experience" podcast
The Lost and The Found. A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family and Second Chances. Speaking with author Kevin Fagan., thesanfranciscoexperiencepod… @KevinChron @SF_HSH @bayareahomeless @TheCoalitionSF @NYCDHS
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Kevin Fagan retweeted
Kevin's book - THE LOST AND THE FOUND - is just tremendous. I'm so glad that the world is learning what Bay Area readers have known for a long time, about @KevinChron's skill, tenacity, and empathy. One of the most genuine & gifted journalists you'll ever meet. Proud to know him.
In Kevin Fagan’s new book about the homelessness crisis in San Francisco, he highlights “the incongruity of a city that has such phenomenal wealth and still lets thousands of its residents sleep on the streets,” @jaycaspiankang writes. nyer.cm/9OVTgQH
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Kevin Fagan retweeted
Episode 2257: @KevinChron on a San Francisco story of homelessness that will break your heart, by @ajkeen open.substack.com/pub/keenon… Award-winning reporter Kevin Fagan is one of San Francisco’s great treasures. In his much acclaimed new book, The Lost and Found, Fagan tells his his two-decade experience reporting about homelessness in San Francisco. He shares the stories of Tyson and Rita, two homeless individuals who he helped reconnect with their families. Tyson, despite having a supportive family, died of a fentanyl overdose, while Rita was rescued by her family and lived 20 more fulfilling years. Fagan, who experienced housing insecurity as a teenager, explains that homelessness stems from systemic poverty issues rather than personal failings. He notes that despite San Francisco's reputation as America’s “homeless central”, 70% of its homeless population lost their homes while already living there.
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The New Yorker magazine just gave my book a great review:
In Kevin Fagan’s new book about the homelessness crisis in San Francisco, he highlights “the incongruity of a city that has such phenomenal wealth and still lets thousands of its residents sleep on the streets,” @jaycaspiankang writes. nyer.cm/9OVTgQH
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My book, "The Lost and the Found," came out this week and is now available everywhere books are sold. I poured my heart into this narrative centered around 2 dear people I came to know on the street, and their journeys of despair and redemption: simonandschuster.com/books/T…
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