Joseph Wambaugh

Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh
	Wambaugh in 2010
Born	Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr.; January 22, 1937; East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 28, 2025 (aged 88); Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Education	Chaffey College (AA); Cal State LA (BA, MA)
Genre	Mystery
Subject	Non-fiction crime; Police procedural
Notable awards	Edgar Allan Poe Award (1974, 1981, 2003); Grand Master Award (2004);
Years active	1971–2012
Spouse	Dee Allsup (m. 1955)
Children	3
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1954–1957
	Police career
Department	Los Angeles Police Department
Country	United States
Years of service	1960–1974
Rank	Patrolman; Detective sergeant;

Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (January 22, 1937 – February 28, 2025)^[1] was an American writer. He was known for his fictional and nonfictional books of police work in the United States. Many of his novels are set in Los Angeles and have Los Angeles police officers as main characters in his books.

Wambaugh joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1960. He served for 14 years, rising from patrolman to detective sergeant.

Death

Wambough died on February 28, 2025 in Rancho Mirage, California from esophageal cancer at the age of 88.^[2]

Works

Novels

The New Centurions (1971)
The Blue Knight (1972)
The Choirboys (1975)
The Black Marble (1978)
The Glitter Dome (1981)
The Delta Star (1983)
The Secrets of Harry Bright (1985)
The Golden Orange (1990)
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1992);^[3] Translated editions: Chinese, Ye mu mi zong (1993); Taipei: Shi jie guan;^[4]^[5] Russian, Nochi beglet︠s︡a: roman (1993) ;^[6]
- Spanish as La Noche del Fugitivo, with Ramón Alonso (1992). Barcelona: Grijalbo. pp. 444. ISBN 978-8425324833. OCLC 34825434, 804732116 and 434785602^[7]
Finnegan's Week (1993)
Floaters (1996)
Hollywood Station (2006)
Hollywood Crows (2008)
Hollywood Moon (2009)
Hollywood Hills (2010)
Harbor Nocturne (2012)

Non-fiction

The Onion Field (1973)
Lines and Shadows (1984)
Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
The Blooding: The True Story of the Narborough Village Murders (1989)
Fire Lover: A True Story (2002)

References

↑ "Joseph Wambaugh Biography - eNotes.com". eNotes. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
↑ McFadden, Robert D. (February 28, 2025). "Joseph Wambaugh, Author With a Cop's-Eye View, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
↑ New York: W. Morrow. pp. 336. ISBN 978-0688111281. OCLC 23767167
↑ ISBN 978-9578248007
↑ OCLC 222761404
↑ Moskva: Tekst. pp. 333. ISBN 978-5871060933. OCLC 32000126
↑ For commentary on the book, see: Wild, Peter (2011). Paradise of Desire: Eleven Palm Springs Novels. Tucson, AZ: Estate of Peter Wild. p. 281. OCLC 748584112.

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[1] "Joseph Wambaugh Biography - eNotes.com". eNotes. Retrieved 2018-09-08.

[McFadden-2] McFadden, Robert D. (February 28, 2025). "Joseph Wambaugh, Author With a Cop's-Eye View, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2025.

[3] New York: W. Morrow. pp. 336. ISBN 978-0688111281. OCLC 23767167

[4] ISBN 978-9578248007

[5] OCLC 222761404

[6] Moskva: Tekst. pp. 333. ISBN 978-5871060933. OCLC 32000126

[7] For commentary on the book, see: Wild, Peter (2011). Paradise of Desire: Eleven Palm Springs Novels. Tucson, AZ: Estate of Peter Wild. p. 281. OCLC 748584112.

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