Sarah Wernick

Sarah Wernick, Ph.D., was an award-winning freelance writer specializing in health and family issues. She contributed articles to The New York Times, Parents, Redbook, and Woman’s Day, and served as a contributing editor for Working Mother.

Wernick coauthored several bestselling health books, including Strong Women Stay Young, Strong Women Stay Slim, Strong Women, Strong Bones, and The Probiotics Revolution. She also coauthored Normal Children Have Problems, Too: How Parents Can Understand and Help with psychiatrist Stanley Turecki. Wernick earned a doctorate from Columbia University and died of cancer in November 2006.