Joseph Wambaugh
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| Born | Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. January 22, 1937 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Writer | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Chaffey College (AA) California State University, Los Angeles (BA, MA) | ||||||||||||||
| Genre | Mystery | ||||||||||||||
| Subject | Non-fiction crime Police procedural | ||||||||||||||
| Notable awards | Edgar Allan Poe Award (1974, 1981 and 2003) Grand Master Award (2004) | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1971–2012 | ||||||||||||||
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Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (born January 22, 1937)[1] is an American writer. He is 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.
Works[change | change source]
Novels[change | change source]
- 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);[2] Translated editions:
- Chinese as Ye mu mi zong (1993). Taipei: Shi jie guan. pp. 320. ISBN 978-9578248007. OCLC 222761404
- Russian as Nochi beglet︠s︡a: roman (1993). Moskva: Tekst. pp. 333. ISBN 978-5871060933. OCLC 32000126
- Spanish as La Noche del Fugitivo, with Ramón Alonso (1992). Barcelona: Grijalbo. pp. 444. ISBN 978-8425324833. OCLC 34825434, 804732116 and 434785602[3]
- Finnegan's Week (1993)
- Floaters (1996)
- Hollywood Station (2006)
- Hollywood Crows (2008)
- Hollywood Moon (2009)
- Hollywood Hills (2010)
- Harbor Nocturne (2012)
Non-fiction[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- ↑ "Joseph Wambaugh Biography - eNotes.com". eNotes. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
- ↑ New York: W. Morrow. pp. 336. ISBN 978-0688111281. OCLC 23767167
- ↑ 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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