Michael A. Burstein

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Michael A. Burstein
Born	1970 New York City
Occupation	Author, Editor, Teacher

"Time Ablaze" by Burstein in June 2004 Analog

Michael A. Burstein is an American writer of science fiction. He was born in New York City, and grew up in the neighborhood of Forest Hills in the borough of Queens. He attended Hunter College High School in Manhattan. In 1991 he graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Physics, and in 1993 he earned a Master's in Physics from Boston University. In 1994 he attended the Clarion Workshop.

Burstein's first published story, "TeleAbsence," which appeared in the July 1995 issue of Analog, was nominated for the Hugo Award and was chosen by the readers of Analog as the best short story published by the magazine in 1995. Two years later, Burstein won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer at the 1997 World Science Fiction Convention, LoneStarCon2. Burstein subsequently received Hugo nominations for "Broken Symmetry," "Cosmic Corkscrew," "Kaddish for the Last Survivor," (also a Nebula Award nominee) "Spaceships," "Paying It Forward," "Decisions," "Time Ablaze," "Seventy-Five Years," and "TelePresence," and a Nebula and Sturgeon Award nomination for "Reality Check." His novella "Sanctuary" was chosen by the readers of Analog as the best novella published by the magazine in 2005 and is currently a nominee for the Nebula Award. From 1998 to 2000, Burstein served as Secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Burstein lives with his wife Nomi in the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, where he is an elected Town Meeting Member and Library Trustee. He has also worked as a science teacher at all levels, and he edits science textbooks. He has given lectures and spoken at various science fiction conferences and libraries, and to groups at MIT and Harvard.