Joseph Wambaugh

Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (January 22, 1937 – February 28, 2025) 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.

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);New York: W. Morrow. pp. 336. .  Translated editions: Chinese, Ye mu mi zong (1993); Taipei: Shi jie guan; Russian, Nochi beglet︠s︡a: roman (1993) ;Moskva: Tekst. pp. 333. . 
 Spanish as La Noche del Fugitivo, with Ramón Alonso (1992). Barcelona: Grijalbo. pp. 444. . For commentary on the book, see: 
 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

Category:1937 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Police officers
Category:American novelists
Category:Writers from Pittsburgh
Category:Writers from Los Angeles
Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer