He wrote 'The Onion Field,' 'The New Centurions' and 'The Blue Knight' and created the realistic anthology series 'Police ...

Before the release of Joseph Wambaugh’s first novel, “The New Centurions,” he received an unusual offer from the star of the ...

In 1971, eleven years after joining the LAPD, Wambaugh saw his first novel, The New Centurions, published by Little, Brown ...

Former Los Angeles police officer turned best- selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as "The Onion Field" and ...

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 ...

Former Los Angeles police officer turned best- selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as "The Onion Field" and ...

Before the release of Joseph Wambaugh’s first novel, “The New Centurions,” he received an unusual offer from the star of the straitlaced TV police drama “Dragnet” to look over the pages.

A former Los Angeles police officer who wrote "The Onion Fields," Joseph Wambaugh tried to "put people in the cops' skin" in ...