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UPCOMING IN-PERSON EVENTS

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Local Literati, The Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Tuesday, November 10, 7:30pm

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ONLINE EVENTS

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History Through Fiction Virtual Book Festival, November 14, 2026 10:30am-8:00pm CST Free Registration

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National Museum of the Pacific War Webcast: My Parents and the Manhattan Project: Turning Family Tales into a Historic Novel, Wednesday, July 15, 6:00pm CDT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p_ghG2WswM

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​Listen to my interview on National Public Radio's talk show Houston Matters: "From Oak Ridge to Hiroshima: One Family's Memories of the Atomic Age"

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Watch my presentation "Two Daughters of Fission" with Julie Coryell to the Oak Ridge Historical and Preservation Society, October, 2025:

• Part 1: https://youtu.be/J_CmcuDJuXA

• Part 2: https://youtu.be/haG-cms00y8

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Watch a Hidden History podcast about Fission with Oak Ridge historians, D. Ray Smith and Keith McDaniel (recorded 1/8/25): ​https://youtu.be/SEX4F8zJziU

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Listen to a podcast interview with Leslie about Fission on Author in the Headlights with Strider Klusman

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Listen to a podcast interview with Leslie about Fission on Plot Twist Radio with Erin Egnatz

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Watch a podcast interview with Leslie about Fission on Online for Authors with Teri M. Brown

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Watch a podcast interview with Leslie about Fission on The Write Path with Rory Paquette

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Watch a podcast interview with Leslie about Fission on Your World of Creativity with Mark Stinson

 

Watch a podcast interview with Leslie about Fission on Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino

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Watch an interview with Leslie about Fission on The Cameron Journal Podcast

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Watch an interview with Leslie about Fission on Living the Next Chapter podcast

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Watch an interview with Leslie about Fission on Uncorking a Story podcast

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Read a feature in the Brown Alumni Magazine, Spring 2026 by Erik Ness:  

Nuclear Fiction: A new novel of Atomic Era intrigue and romance—based on real life. 

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​Read an essay on the website of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: "Nuclear Family: A Child of the Manhattan Project Contemplates Its 80th Anniversary"

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Read an interview with Leslie about Fission in the blog of History Through Fiction:

Emotional Fission: A Psychologist-Turned-Novelist on Love, Duty, and the Atomic Age

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​Read a “Historically Speaking” column about Fission in The Oak Ridger Newspaper: "Her Parents' Lives Are at the Root of Fission: A Novel of Oak Ridge"

 

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