Wayne Warga

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{{Short description|Author and journalist}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Wayne Philip Warga

| image = Wayne_Warga_in_1993.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1938|01|26}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1994|04|27|1938|01|26}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California

| education = University of Southern California (1960)

| occupation = Author, journalist, and Foreign Correspondent

| credits = Life magazine
Los Angeles Times
USA Today: The Television Show
Entertainment Tonight
Return to Earth (novel, written with Buzz Aldrin), 1986
Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister (with Lana Wood) (novel),
Hardcover (novel), 1986
Fatal Impressions (novel), 1989
Singapore Transfer (novel), 1991

}}

Wayne Philip Warga (January 26, 1938 – April 27, 1994) was an American author, journalist, and foreign correspondent who wrote largely about entertainment and penned several novels.

Warga was a foreign correspondent for Life magazine, covering hotspots from Cuba to East Berlin, was assistant editor of the "Calendar" section of the Los Angeles Times in the 1970s, wrote for the television program USA Today: The Television Show, and was the head writer for Entertainment Tonight/Entertainment This Week.

He later turned to books, writing both non-fiction and fiction. His nonfiction works included Return to Earth (1973) with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, which was later made into a movie, and Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister (1984) with actress Natalie Wood's sister Lana Wood. Warga also wrote three mysteries: Hardcover (1986), for which he earned a Shamus Award, Fatal Impressions (1989), and Singapore Transfer (1991).{{cite web|title=Wayne Warga; Entertainment Writer and Novelist|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-30-mn-52053-story.html|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2022-04-22}}