Joseph Wambaugh - Wikipedia
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (January 22, 1937 – February 28, 2025) was an American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Many of his novels are …
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88
Mar 1, 2025 · Wambaugh, whose 16 novels and five nonfiction crime narratives transformed the portrayal of cops in America, paved the way for gritty TV shows such as “Hill Street Blues” and …
Joseph Wambaugh, Author With a Cop’s-Eye View, Is Dead at 88
Feb 28, 2025 · In a prolific four-decade career that overlapped with, and often drew upon, the obscenities and violence of his 14 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, Mr. Wambaugh …
Joseph Wambaugh, LA cop who wrote 'The Onion Field' and other ...
Feb 28, 2025 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller “The Onion Field” and numerous gritty but darkly humorous novels about day-to-day police …
Joseph Wambaugh Dead: 'Onion Field,' 'New Centurions' Author Was …
Feb 28, 2025 · Joseph Wambaugh, who turned his experiences from 14 years with the Los Angeles Police Department into such gritty books as The Onion Field, The New Centurions, The Blue Knight …
Joseph Wambaugh Dead: Creator of 'Police Story' Was 88 - Variety
Feb 28, 2025 · Joseph Wambaugh, whose experience as an LAPD officer enabled him to bring a warts-and-all realism to his novels about policing and the movies and TV shows like “Police Story,” died …
Author and Rancho Mirage resident Joseph Wambaugh dead at 88
Feb 28, 2025 · Joseph Wambaugh, a retired Los Angeles Police Department detective turned bestselling author known for his novels journeying into the world of police work and crime, died …
Joseph Wambaugh Dead: 'Onion Field' Writer, 'Police Story ... - Deadline
Feb 28, 2025 · Joseph Wambaugh, the writer who mined his years as a Los Angeles Police Department patrolman for a series of bestselling crime books including The Onion Field, The New Centurions, …
Joseph Wambaugh, author who knew gritty reality of cop life, dies at 88
Mar 1, 2025 · In Mr. Wambaugh’s more than 20 novels and nonfiction works — many of which were adapted for the screen — the lines between law enforcement and lawbreakers often become blurred.
Joseph Wambaugh, acclaimed crime author and Cal State LA …
Mar 3, 2025 · Best-selling author and Cal State LA alumnus Joseph Wambaugh has died. He was 88. Wambaugh served on the Los Angeles Police Department before turning into a prolific writer of …