Kevin Flynn is an American journalist who is an editor with ''

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'' and the co-author of ''

102 Minutes ''102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers'', simply known as ''102 Minutes'', is an American non-fiction book written by ''New York Times'' journalists Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn and published in 2005. With t ...

''. His work as an investigative editor helped earn ''The New York Times'' numerous awards, including a

2009 Pulitzer Prize The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on April 20, 2009, the 93rd annual awards. ''The New York Times'' won five awards this year, with the ''Tampa Bay Times'' (formerly the ''St. Petersburg Times'') being the only other multi-prize winner with t ...

. He served as the police bureau chief of the newspaper from 1998 to 2002, when he became investigations editor for the newspaper's Metro desk. He is currently investigations editor for the paper's Culture desk.

Works

''102 Minutes''

''102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers''

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co-written with Jim Dwyer, a columnist at

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, was a 2005

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finalist.USA Today: Doctorow, Didion Among National Book Award Finalists
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stood after the

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began. The sources included interviews with survivors, tapes of police and fire operations, 911 calls, and other material obtained under

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requests including 20,000 pages of tape transcripts,

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, and other documents.

''The New York Times Book of Crime''

Kevin Flynn is the editor of ''The New York Times Book of Crime: More Than 166 Years of Covering the Beat'' 017explores 165 years of real-life crimes as reported in the New York Times. The book features approximately 80 photographs as well as reproductions of front-page stories.

Books

* 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers New York: Times Books, 2005 (With Jim Dwyer) * ''The New York Times Book of Crime: More Than 166 Years of Covering the Beat'' (Editor) Sterling Books, 2017

References

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