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  1. Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (born January 22, 1937) is 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.

  2. Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books. Publication Order of Anthologies. Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr is a best selling American author famous for both fictional and non-fictional work on the police in the United States. He was born on January 22, 1937 in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

  3. Learn about Joseph Wambaugh, the bestselling author of police novels and nonfiction. Explore his books, including the Hollywood Station series, and watch videos of his interviews and events.

  4. Joseph Wambaugh, a former LAPD detective sergeant (1960-1974), is the bestselling author of twenty-one prior works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Choirboys and The Onion Field. Wambaugh joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1960. He served 14 years, rising to detective sergeant.

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  5. Jun 23, 2022 · Joseph Wambaugh, the "father of the modern police novel," shares his experiences as a cop, a writer, and a consultant in this interview. He talks about his books, his marriage, his views on policing, and his encounters with Truman Capote and Johnny Carson.

  6. Joseph Wambaugh has 95 books on Goodreads with 117722 ratings. Joseph Wambaughs most popular book is The Onion Field.

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  8. Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. ( Jan 22, 1937-- ) transformed the sub-genre of the police novel into serious writing that was both harrowing and humorous, comic and tragic. His first four books and his work on the Police Story television series in the 1970s, set new standards for subsequent writers, and many acknowledge their debt to him.