Arnie Bernstein is the author Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing (University of Michigan Press), and three books on Chicago film and Civil War history (Lake Claremont Press). He is a member of The Author's Guild, PEN-America, The International Federation of Journalists, and The Society of Midland Authors. He writes all his first drafts on manual typewriters, including an Olympia SM-9, Royal Quiet De Luxe, and Smith-Corona Skyriter.

Awards include a Puffin Foundation grant, a slot in the prestigious Warner Brothers Comedy Writing Workshop, and named one the top movers and shakers in the Chicago book world by New City Chicago's annual "Lit 50." Arnie's work has been honored by both the Illinois State Library and the State Library of Michigan. He is a native Chicagoan and roots for the Chicago White Sox, which means he doesn't have to read The Book of Job.

Arnie's work has been published in Tablet, The Chicago Tribune, AISH, and many anthologies,  Beyond his own writing, he works as a journalist, writing and book coach, teacher and workshop leader, and public speaker, both in person and online, He has been interviewed by print and online media, television, radio, and podcasts througout the United States, Ireland, England, Poland, Australia, Russia and elsewhere.

Arnie fervently believes in the philosophy of the great Jewish sage, Groucho Marx: "I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go into the library and read a good book."