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Richard A. Lovett (b. 1953, Dixon, Illinois) is an American science fiction author from Portland, Oregon. He has written numerous short stories and factual articles that have appeared in multiple literary and scientific journals, including Analog Science Fiction and Fact, National Geographic News, Nature, New Scientist, and Psychology Today.

Lovett is one of the most prolific and decorated writers in Analog's 80-year history. His first formal appearance in the magazine other than a 1993 letter to the editor was for "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 six times, two times for novelettes, and four times for science articles. Including the 2010 awards, he has also placed in the top five 23 additional times, more than any other Analog contributor. As of the December 2009 issue, his work had appeared in the magazine 69 times. He is currently tied with Jerry Oltion for fourth all-time on the contribution 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.

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

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