Dean McLaughlin (writer)

{{short description|American science fiction writer (born 1931)}}

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Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, Jr. (born 1931) is an American science fiction writer. He was the son of astronomers Dean B. McLaughlin and Laura Elizabeth Hill Mclaughlin.

His best-known work is Hawk Among the Sparrows (1968), which was nominated for both the Hugo Award{{Cite web |title=Hawk among the Sparrows |url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1969-hugo-awards/ |access-date=19 March 2010 |website=Hugo Awards}} and Nebula Award for Best Novella.{{Cite web |title=Hawk among the Sparrows |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/hawk-among-sparrows/ |access-date=1 November 2024 |website=Nebula Awards}}

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 (1980), a novel inspired by Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall". His novella, Tenbrook of Mars, appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of Analog.