Joseph Wambaugh
Wambaugh in 2010
Born Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (1937-01-22 ) January 22, 1937 (age 87) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. Occupation Writer Nationality American Education Chaffey College (AA) California State University, Los Angeles (BA , MA ) Genre Mystery Subject Non-fiction crime Police procedural Notable awards Edgar Allan Poe Award (1974, 1981 and 2003) Grand Master Award (2004) Years active 1971–2012 Joseph Wambaugh
Police career Current status Retired Department Los Angeles Police Department Country United States Years of service 1960–1974 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.
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:
Finnegan's Week (1993)
Floaters (1996)
Hollywood Station (2006)
Hollywood Crows (2008)
Hollywood Moon (2009)
Hollywood Hills (2010)
Harbor Nocturne (2012)
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)
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (related page:
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John Paxton (1946)
Anthony Veiller (1947)
John Paxton (1948)
Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman and Quentin Reynolds (1949)
Mel Dinelli and Cornell Woolrich (1950)
Ben Maddow (1951)
Michael Wilson (1952)
Michael Wilson and Otto Lang (1953)
Sydney Boehm (1954)
John Michael Hayes (1955)
Joseph Hayes (1956)
Reginald Rose (1958)
Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith (1959)
Ernest Lehman (1960)
Joseph Stefano (1961)
William Archibald and Truman Capote (1962)
Peter Stone (1964)
Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller (1965)
Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper (1966)
William Goldman (1967)
Stirling Silliphant (1968)
Harry Kleiner and Alan Trustman (1969)
Costa Gavras and Jorge Semprún (1970)
Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro (1971)
Ernest Tidyman (1972)
Anthony Shaffer (1973)
Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim (1974)
Robert Towne (1975)
David Rayfiel and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (1976)
Ernest Lehman (1977)
Robert Benton (1978)
William Goldman (1979)
Michael Crichton (1980)
Joseph Wambaugh (1981)
Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (1982)
Barrie Keeffe (1983)
Dennis Potter (1984)
Charles Fuller (1985)
William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace (1986)
E. Max Frye (1987)
Jim Kouf (1988)
Errol Morris (1989)
Daniel Waters (1990)
Donald E. Westlake (1991)
Ted Tally (1992)
Michael Tolkin (1993)
Ebbe Roe Smith (1994)
Quentin Tarantino (1995)
Christopher McQuarrie (1996)
Billy Bob Thornton (1997)
Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1998)
Scott Frank and Elmore Leonard (1999)
Guy Ritchie (2000)
Stephen Gaghan and Simon Moore (2001)
Christopher Nolan (2002)
Bill Condon (2003)
Steven Knight (2004)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Sébastien Japrisot (2005)
Stephen Gaghan and Robert Baer (2006)
William Monahan (2007)
Tony Gilroy (2008)
Martin McDonagh (2009)