Mark
Burstein
Education
1954-1963 Town School for Boys, San Francisco
1963-1968 Emerson Junior High School, Los Angeles;
University High School, Los Angeles; Fieldston (Ethical Culture Society), Bronx,
New York; New York University
1968-1972 University of California at Santa
Cruz. B.A., Independent Major (Philosophy / Mathematics). Thesis
Honors
Memberships,
Associations, and Interests
The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco
(Fellowship of American
Bibliophilic Societies)
Printer's Devil,
2001-2003.
The Lewis Carroll
Society of North America
Vice-President,
1999-2006
Editor, Knight Letter
Communication Director, 2006-
San Francisco
Opera, 1991-
Supernumerary (nonsinging
actor) in 40 productions. Editor
of The Spearhead, their web site.
Book collecting: Lewis Carroll, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, Paul
Bowles, contemporary literature, Ralph Steadman
Other collecting: original art of
the American comic strip, particularly Pogo
and other classics
Professional
After 30 years as a computer programmer and software engineer, working
for such companies as Bank of America, Fireman's
Fund, Wells Fargo, and Bechtel, he has returned to his first love, as an
editor
of books.
Personal
Lives in Petaluma, California. Married
to sculptor Llisa Demetrios, whose work can be seen at I. Wolk Gallery (at Auberge du
Soleil) and Artists Forum. She is a granddaughter of designer
Charles Eames. They have two fabulous children,
Martin, eight, and Sonja, three and a half.