Deb­o­rah Heilig­man is an award- win­ning author of 34 books. Her spe­cial­ty is get­ting inti­mate with famous peo­ple. She loves research (espe­cial­ly pri­ma­ry sources) almost more than dark choco­late. In addi­tion to Loud­mouth: Emma Gold­man vs. Amer­i­ca (A Love Sto­ry), her oth­er crossover books include Charles and Emma: The Dar­wins’ Leap of Faith and Vin­cent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers.