[close] Paula Bernstein is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, The New York Observer, and Redbook, among other publications. Previously, she was a reporter at Variety and The Hollywood Reporter and was a regular contributor to CNN. A graduate of Wellesley College, Bernstein received her Masters in Cinema Studies from New York University.

"Identical Strangers," the nonfiction book she co-wrote with Elyse Schein, will be published by Random House on October 2, 2007. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters. [close]