Paula Bernstein

Paula Bernstein is the author of Potpourri, an eclectic collection of short stories spanning several genres, and of the five books in the Hannah Kline mystery series: Murder in the Family, Lethal Injection, Private School, The Goldilocks Planet and In Vitro . Before writing her novels, Paula began her professional career as an academic chemist with a doctorate from Caltech. After realizing that she liked people far more than laboratory equipment, she went to Medical School and spent the next thirty years as a successful practicing obstetrician gynecologist. Now that she is semi-retired she is busy editing and publishing her short stories and novels. Not surprisingly, her heroines are witty women in interesting professions from medicine, to physics to interior design.

Hannah Kline at the Brentwood Library

August 11, 2017May 7, 2017 by Paula Bernstein

We had a terrific panel discussion at the Brentwood Library to launch LAst Resort, The Sisters in Crime 2017 Anthology. The panel included authors L.H Dilman, Georgia Jefferies, Wendall Thomas and myself discussing our short stories as well as how each of us came to live in Los Angeles. It was a privilege to be … Read more

Upcoming Events

July 14, 2017March 11, 2017 by Paula Bernstein

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Please join me on Sunday April 23rd at noon, when I will be at the Sisters in Crime booth, signing copies of their new anthology LAST RESORT and my Hannah Kline Series. The Brentwood Library On Saturday, April 29th at 2:00 PM I will be joining three of … Read more

Hannah Kline in the 2017 Sisters in Crime Anthology

July 14, 2017December 11, 2016 by Paula Bernstein

The LAst Resort: Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Anthology

I’m delighted to announce that my short story On Call for Murder will be published in April 2017 in LAst Resort, Sisters in Crime 2017 Anthology. This story introduces young Hannah when she first moves to Los Angeles to begin her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Hannah assists celebrity doctor Charles Avery on a routine Cesarean Section and is … Read more

Hannah Kline at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

July 14, 2017May 2, 2016 by Paula Bernstein

I recently spent a delightful afternoon browsing at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the USC campus and did a Hannah Kline book signing at the Sisters in Crime booth at the fair. I joined Sisters in Crime about a year ago and have met many interesting and talented mystery writers to add to … Read more

My Writing Retreat: Because It Takes a Village to Write a Novel

July 14, 2017February 12, 2016 by Paula Bernstein

For the past four years I’ve been lucky enough to belong to a wonderful community of women writers, under the auspices of my terrific teacher and editor, Linda Schreyer. I’ve shared writing classes with some of these women, and every year a group of us has attended a three day writer’s retreat. This year we … Read more