Alex Haley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alex Haley

American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Ithaca, New York, United States

Date of Death: 10-Feb-1992

Profession: screenwriter, writer, military personnel, historian, biographer, journalist, novelist, genealogist

Nationality: United States, Mali

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.
In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history.Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with the subject, a major black leader.He was working on a second family history novel at his death.
Haley had requested that David Stevens, a screenwriter, complete it; the book was published as Queen: The Story of an American Family.
It was adapted as a miniseries, Alex Haley's Queen, broadcast in 1993.