Grandmaster of Police Stories
Joseph Wambaugh Bibliography & Notes
The Grand Master of police stories has been writing police novels and nonfiction since 1971 while an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.
FILM AND TELEVISION BY THE AUTHOR
Police Story, TV series, (creator and consultant), NBC-TV, 1973-1978The Blue Knight, weekly TV series, (creator and consultant), NBC-TV, 1975-1976The Onion Field, feature film,(screenplay), Avco Embassy, 1979The Black Marble, feature film, (screenplay), Avco Embassy, 1980Echoes in the Darkness, TV mini-series (teleplay) CBS-TV, 1987Fugitive Nights, TV movie-of-the-week, (teleplay), NBC-TV, 1993
ADAPTATIONS BY OTHERS
The New Centurions, feature film, Columbia Pictures, 1972The Blue Knight, TV mini-series, NBC-TV, 1973The Choirboys, feature film, Universal Pictures, 1977The Glitter Dome, HBO movie, 1984
AWARDS
Edgar Allan Poe, Special Award for Nonfiction, The Onion Field, 1974Edgar Allan Poe for Best Screenplay, The Black Marble, 1981Rodolfo Walsh Prize, Investigative Journalism, Lines & Shadows, International Assoc. of Crime Writers, 1989Edgar Allan Poe, Best Fact Crime, Fire Lover, 2002Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, 2004Strand Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012
BOOKS BY JOSEPH WAMBAUGH
The New Centurions, Little, Brown, 1971The Blue Knight, Little, Brown, 1972The Onion Field, Delacorte Press, 1973The Choirboys, Delacorte Press, 1975The Black Marble, Delacorte Press, 1978The Glitter Dome, William Morrow, 1981The Delta Star, William Morrow, 1983Lines and Shadows, William Morrow, 1984The Secrets of Harry Bright, William Morrow, 1985Echoes in The Darkness, William Morrow, 1987The Blooding, William Morrow, 1989
The Golden Orange, William Morrow, 1990Fugitive Nights, William Morrow, 1992Finnegan's Week, William Morrow, 1993Floaters, Bantam, 1996Fire Lover, William Morrow, 2002Hollywood Station, Little, Brown, 2006Hollywood Crows, Little, Brown, 2008Hollywood Moon, Little, Brown, 2009Hollywood Hills, Little, Brown, 2010Harbor Nocturne, Grove/Atlantic, 2012