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News and Events for Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak

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:

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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): â€‹https://youtu.be/SEX4F8zJziU

 

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 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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