Alex Haley

Known for

Writing

Gender

Male

Born

August 11, 1921

Age at death

70

Died

February 10, 1992

From

Ithaca, New York, USA

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an African-American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family and the coauthor of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Haley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.