Alex Haley

Alex Haley is the author of Roots (The Saga of an American Family)

Roots: The Saga of an American Family was written by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Alex Haley. It was published in 1976.

Alex Haley won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

"Roots: The Saga of an American Family" was written by Alex Haley. It was first published in 1976 and tells the story of Haley's ancestors, tracing his family lineage back to Africa through to slavery in the United States.