for a congressional run as a Democrat in the Massachusetts 4th Congressional District, but eventually decided not to run. Personal life Burstein has worked as a science teacher at all levels, and edits science textbooks. He has given lectures and spoken at various science fiction conferences and libraries, and to groups at MIT and Harvard. He has been an active member of science fiction fandom. Burstein lives with his wife Nomi in Brookline. Their children, fraternal twin girls, were born in 2009. With his wife, Burstein wrote the Brookline Parent column for the Brookline Patch website. Burstein is president of the Society for the Preservation of Pluto as a Planet, which goes by the acronym SP3. The group of astronomy buffs formed in the spring of 2006. References External links Burstein's official site I Remember the Future site Burstein for Congress site 1970 births Living people People from Brookline, Massachusetts People from Forest Hills, Queens American science fiction writers John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer winners Hunter College High School alumni Harvard College alumni Boston University alumni American male short story writers American male novelists 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state)