Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh | |
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Wambaugh in 2010 | |
| Born | Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. January 22, 1937 East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 28, 2025 (aged 88) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Chaffey College (AA) Cal State LA (BA, MA) |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Subject | Non-fiction crime Police procedural |
| Years active | 1971–2012 |
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| Spouse |
Dee Allsup (m. 1955) |
| Children | 3 |
| Military career | |
| Branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Service years | 1954–1957 |
| Police career | |
| Country | United States |
| Department | Los Angeles Police Department |
| Service years | 1960–1974 |
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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 feature Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He won three Edgar Awards, and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.