Alex Haley was an American author who wrote the novel 'Roots: The Saga of an American Family' in 1976. He is best known for this work, which was adapted into a television miniseries in 1977 and won nine Emmy Awards. Haley's novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an African man who was captured and sold into slavery in the United States. The novel follows Kinte's descendants through several generations, exploring the struggles and triumphs of African Americans in the United States. Haley's novel was a bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1977. The crossword solution for Alex Haley is HALEY (5 letters).