What is Joseph Wambaugh?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | image = Wambaugh (1).jpg | imagesize = | birth_name = Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. | name = Joseph Wambaugh | caption = Wambaugh in 2010 | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|1|22}} | birth_place = [[East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|2|28|1937|1|22}} | death_place = {{nobr|[[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S.}} | education = [[Chaffey College]] ([[Associate degree|AA]])<br>[[California State University, Los Angeles|Cal State LA]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]]) | years_active= 1971–2012 | occupation = Writer | period = | genre = [[Mystery fiction|Mystery]] | subject = Non-fiction crime<br>Police procedural | awards = {{ubil|[[Edgar Allan Poe Award]] {{nobr|(1974, 1981, 2003)}}|[[Mystery Writers of America|Grand Master Award]] (2004)}} | spouse = {{marriage|Dee Allsup|1955}} | children = 3 | module = {{Infobox military person | embed = yes | branch = [[United States Marine Corps]] | branch_label = Branch | serviceyears = 1954–1957 | serviceyears_label = Service&nbsp;years }} {{Infobox police officer |embed=yes |service_label = |service = United States |allegiance = |department = [[Los Angeles Police Department]] |branch = |serviceyears = 1960–1974 |rank = {{ublist|Patrolman|Detective sergeant}} |badge = |awards = |memorials = |otherwork = }}}} '''Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr.''' (January 22, 1937 &ndash; February 28, 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enotes.com/topics/joseph-wambaugh|title=Joseph Wambaugh Biography - eNotes.com|website=eNotes|language=en|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref> was an American writer. He was 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 officer