Award-winning author Deborah Heiligman, the author of "Vincent and Theo" and "Charles and Emma," talks about the challenge of writing nonfiction for teenagers, how she approaches researching historical figures and events, and the incident that inspired her most recent book, "Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of 'The Children's Ship'."

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