Joseph Wambaugh

Joseph Wambaugh
Wambaugh in 2010
Wambaugh in 2010
BornJoseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr.
(1937-01-22) January 22, 1937 (age 87)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
EducationChaffey College (AA)
California State University, Los Angeles (BA, MA)
GenreMystery
SubjectNon-fiction crime
Police procedural
Notable awardsEdgar Allan Poe Award (1974, 1981 and 2003)
Grand Master Award (2004)
Years active1971–2012
Joseph Wambaugh
Police career
Current statusRetired
Department Los Angeles Police Department
CountryUnited States
Years of service1960–1974
Rank
  • Patrolman
  • Detective sergeant

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

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);[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

References

  1. ↑ "Joseph Wambaugh Biography - eNotes.com". eNotes. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. ↑ New York: W. Morrow. pp. 336. ISBN 978-0688111281. OCLC 23767167
  3. ↑ 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.