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Joseph Wambaugh
AuthorBooks · Second hand1937-2025
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. 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.
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Birth
1937
Death
2025
First book
1971
Years writing
41
Joseph Wambaugh combined his career as a police officer with his success as a writer.
His novels are fundamental benchmarks of the police procedural and detective genres.
Born in Pittsburgh, he set much of his work in the environment of Los Angeles and California.
In addition to being a novelist, he excelled as a screenwriter and actor, bringing realism to his stories.
With a prolific career of 130 works, his legacy includes iconic titles such as Echoes in the Darkness.