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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.
Joseph Wambaugh | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. January 22, 1937 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 | ||||||||||||||
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Wambaugh joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1960. He served for 14 years, rising from patrolman to detective sergeant.
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