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

Joseph Wambaugh, the former LAPD officer who brought realism to the "Police Story" TV series and books like "The Onion Field, ...

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

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

The author, who previously lived in Newport Beach, died in Rancho Mirage after having esophageal cancer, a friend said.

Joseph Wambaugh, who has died aged 88, was a former Los Angeles detective who in the 1970s became a bestselling author of grim and gritty books about the police such as The Onion Field (1973) and The ...

In novels like “The Glitter Dome” and nonfiction works like “The Onion Field,” he took a harsh, unglamorous look at the ...

Joseph Wambaugh, LA Cop Who Wrote 'The Onion Field' and Other Bestsellers, Dies at 88 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller "The Onion Field" and ...

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, 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 ...