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 set in Los Angeles and its surroundings and …

Mar 1, 2025 · Before Joseph Wambaugh came along, the unofficial bard of the Los Angeles Police Department was Jack Webb, whose unsmiling Sgt. Joe Friday peppered every episode of “Dragnet” with homilies ...

5 days ago · Joseph Wambaugh, author who explored police work, died February 28, 2025 of esophageal cancer in Rancho Mirage, California. ... served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 14 years, retiring ...

Feb 28, 2025 · After earning an associate degree at Chaffey College in 1958, Mr. Wambaugh studied English at California State College (now University) at Los Angeles, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1960 and ...

Mar 1, 2025 · Former Los Angeles police officer turned best- selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as "The Onion Field" and "The New Centurions," has died at the age of 88.

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 work drawn from his own ...

Mar 1, 2025 · Mr. Wambaugh’s best-selling books included the Los Angeles police novels “The New Centurions” and the true-crime drama “The Onion Field” March 1, 2025 at 1:50 p.m. EST Yesterday at 1:50 ...

6 days ago · Former LAPD detective Joseph Wambaugh, whose 16 novels and five nonfiction crime narratives transformed the portrayal of cops in America, died Friday at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., according to Janene Gant, a longtime family friend. ... Michael Connelly, a former Los Angeles Times police reporter who became an author of acclaimed crime ...

Feb 28, 2025 · As popular as Wambaugh’s first two books were, they were eclipsed by his next one, “The Onion Field,” a real-life account of the abduction and killing of a Los Angeles police officer in 1963.

5 days ago · 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 fictional and non-fictional crime novels.