Joseph Wambaugh

American writer

Born: 22 January 1937, Pittsburgh
Died: 28 February 2025, aged 88
Birth name: Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr.

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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.

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