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About the Author

Early years

Keith Floyd was born in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico with, as he puts it, sand between his toes and saltwater in his veins.  The family soon moved to West Palm Beach on the Atlantic Ocean and from there to Texas, happily to end up back on the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston.

After completing his undergraduate studies, the author received his master's degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Pennsylvania State University and went on to earn his doctorate in Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado. 

The book’s development

SANDMAN'S LAND was completed and tested as the core of the author's doctoral dissertation. The sleep-inducing story, systematically based on progressive relaxation suggestions, proved demonstrably sleep-inducing as compared with
DR. SEUSS' SLEEP BOOK.  Dr. Floyd continued over the years reading the bedtime story to his own three sons and getting input and feedback from other parents, teachers, therapists and researchers who also tested it, both formally and informally, through the years.  Needless to say, the author has spent several decades and many thousands of hours researching, revising and refining the work as it evolved in ever greater effectiveness in putting children safely and soundly to sleep.

After the Floyd family relocated to Canada, the book SANDMAN'S LAND was published by Tree Frog Press in Edmonton (illustrated by Harry Savage).  The book was also published (under the alternate title The Sandman) by Ten Speed Press in Berkeley, California, which commissioned new illustrations by Akiko Shurtleff.  

The effectiveness of the sleep-inducing capacity of SANDMAN'S LAND(a.k.a. The Sandman) has been lauded by the personal testimonies of countless satisfied readers. Dr. Keith Floyd has, over the years, been interviewed about progressive relaxation in various media, including on CBC TV and radio in Alberta and on the CTV network’s national morning news show Canada AM.

Where is he now?

Dr. Keith Floyd is now fully enjoying retirement with his wife, Barbara, in beautiful British Columbia. To request a speaking engagement or interview with Keith Floyd, e-mail can be sent here.

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Some other articles published
by Dr. Keith Floyd:

Do you wonder how to make love last? Still in love with his wife, Barbara, after nearly five decades, Dr. Floyd
has a few tried and true suggestions for making love last and making the most of life. This brief, fun-to-read piece first appeared as the Preface to Charlie Shedd's little classic, HOW TO STAY IN LOVE, Andrews and McMeel, 1980. View PDF

Selling Water by the River. This was the commencement address by Dr. Keith Floyd to the graduating class of the Psychiatric Nursing School of Alberta Hospital, Ponoka.  The subject is on "caring for others."  E-mail us for a free copy

Of Time and the Mind. A challenging, mind-stretching philosophical foray reprinted from the book, FRONTIERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, edited by John White, Julian Press, 1974. The article has also been reprinted in a several scientific and philosophical journals and has been quoted in numerous other books and journals. View PDF