When Joseph Kanon appeared on the program in the spring of 1997 he was
on a book tour for his first novel, "Los Alamos." The book was a murder
mystery set in 1945 in the top secret location where the atomic bomb was
being developed, a place so secretive that most people didn't know it
existed. The following year Kanon received the Edgar Award for that book
and he has gone on to a successful career as a novelist, his most recent
one, "Shanghai," came out last year.
The author made a number of appearances on the program back in the day,
when touring authors made frequent stops in Dayton. The last time he
appeared on the program, in 2003, a Wright State film student sat in
with us during the interview because he was making a short film about my
day at WYSO.
Kanon was no stranger to publishing, before he embarked on his career
writing fiction he had a long one in the industry - he was an
editor-in-chief at some major imprints. "Los Alamos" was reissued most
recently as a paperback in 2017.
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