The author, who previously lived in Newport Beach, died in Rancho Mirage after having esophageal cancer, a friend said.
Former Los Angeles police officer turned best- selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as "The Onion Field" and ...
Joseph Wambaugh, the writer who mined his years as a Los Angeles Police Department patrolman for a series of bestselling crime books including The Onion Field, The New Centurions, The Blue Knight ...
LOS ANGELES — Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller “The Onion Field” and numerous gritty but darkly humorous novels about day-to-day police work drawn from his own ...
Joseph Wambaugh, whose experience as an LAPD officer ... Blue Knight” “The Choirboys” and best seller “The Onion Field” rendered the flat, idealized portrait of the Los Angeles Police ...
FILE - Author Joseph Wambaugh poses in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2007, to promote his book "Hollywood Station." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) ...
Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller “The Onion Field” and numerous gritty but darkly humorous novels about day-to-day police work drawn from his own experiences as a ...