Richard A. Lovett

Richard A. Lovett
Richard A. Lovett, 2009
Richard A. Lovett, 2009
Born (1953-10-28) October 28, 1953 (age 70)
Dixon, Illinois, United States
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
EducationMichigan State University B.A. (astrophysics) 1975
University of Michigan J.D. 1978, PhD (economics) 1981
GenreScience fiction, science, sports, profile, humor, journalism
Notable awardsAnLab (thirteen times)
Website
richardalovett.com

Richard A. Lovett (born October 28, 1953) is an American science fiction author and science writer from Portland, Oregon.[1][2] He has written numerous short stories and factual articles that have appeared in multiple literary and scientific magazines and websites, including Analog Science Fiction and Fact, National Geographic News, Nature, New Scientist, Science, Scientific American, Cosmos, and Psychology Today.[3][4][5][6][7]

Lovett is one of the most prolific and decorated writers in Analog's 80-plus-year history. His first formal appearance in the magazine other than a 1993 letter to the editor was "Tricorders, Yactograms and the Future of Analytical Chemistry: When 'Nano-' Isn't Small Enough" (April 1999), a science article. His first fiction appearance was the novelette "Equalization" (March 2003).

Lovett first won the magazine's reader's choice award, the Analytical Laboratory (AnLab), in 2002 for a 2001 fact article, "Up in Smoke: How Mt. St. Helens Blasted Conventional Scientific Wisdom" (April 2001). Since then he has won the award a record thirteen times, three times for novelettes, three times for novellas, and seven times for science articles.[8][9][10] Including the 2015 awards,[11][12][13] he has also placed in the top five 33 additional times, more than any other Analog contributor.[8] As of the July/Aug 2015 issue, his work had appeared in the magazine 134 times,[14] placing him second place on the magazine's all-time contributor list. In addition to writing fiction and science articles for the magazine, he has also written profiles (called Biologs) since 2006, and a series of how-to articles about writing short stories. These special features comprise about a quarter of his total contributions to the magazine.

His science fiction stories have also appeared in Nature, Cosmos, Abyss and Apex, Esli (Russian translation), Running Times, and Marathon & Beyond.

  1. ^ "Member Directory". Sfwa.org. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  2. ^ Lovett, Richard. "The Winning Athletes". Psychology Today. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  3. ^ "Richard A. Lovett (Author of The Essential Touring Cyclist)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  4. ^ Nature (July 2007). "Olympic talent : Article". Nature. 448 (7149): 104. doi:10.1038/448104a. PMID 17611543. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  5. ^ Abyssandapex.com Archived May 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "The World's Largest General Scientific Society". AAAS. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  7. ^ "The science of everything". COSMOS magazine. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Analog Analytical Laboratory Records and Tallies". Locusmag.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  9. ^ Locusmag.com[dead link]
  10. ^ "Asimov's Readers' / AnLab Awards". Sci Fi Log. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  11. ^ Analog, July/August 2013
  12. ^ Analog, July/August 2014
  13. ^ Analog, July/August 2015
  14. ^ Analog Science Fiction and Fact tables of contents and annual story indexes, published each January