Dean McLaughlin
Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, Jr. is an American science fiction writer.
He was the son of astronomer Dean B. McLaughlin.
His best-known work is "Hawk Among the Sparrows", which was nominated for both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award for Best Novella.
It concerns a late-20th century fighter plane which travels through time, and tries to contend with World War I aircraft.
Other works include Dawn, a novel inspired by Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall".
He has a novella, "Tenbrook of Mars," in the July/August 2008 issue of Analog.