Sleep Disorders

by Hal Marcovitz

Sleep disorders affect some 70 million Americans, causing many to sleep poorly due to insomnia while others are afflicted with potentially fatal afflictions such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations this title examines What Are Sleep Disorders? What Causes Sleep Disorders? How Do Sleep Disorders Affect People? Can People Overcome Sleep Disorders?

104 pages, Library Binding

First published February 1, 2009

About the author

Hal Marcovitz has been making his living as a writer for more than a quarter-century. He has worked as a reporter and columnist for several daily newspapers, and can now be found reporting for The Morning Call of Allentown, PA, where he covers government and politics in the Bucks County Courthouse in suburban Philadelphia.

Hal is also the author of more than 50 nonfiction books for young readers. He has written biographies of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, civil rights leader Al Sharpton, farm labor leader Cesar Chavez, and film director Ron Howard. He has also written about the lives of several presidents, including Bill Clinton, John Adams, James Monroe, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.

Hal lives in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Gail, and daughters Ashley and Michelle.