Alex Haley
American writer
Alex Haley (1921-1992) was an American writer who wrote Roots: The Saga of an American Family. He also worked with Malcolm X on The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
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Born 1921 in Ithaca, United States Died 1992
About Alex Haley
Alex Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, on August 11, 1921, and died on February 10, 1992. His debut book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, appeared in 1965 and was built from a long series of interviews with Malcolm X. In 1976 he published Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC turned it into a television miniseries that aired in 1977 to a record audience of 130 million viewers. Haley was working on a second family history novel when he died, and screenwriter David Stevens finished it as Queen: The Story of an American Family.