The crossword solutions for the term ROOTS AUTHOR ALEX is Haley, which is a 5 letter word. Haley is the pen name of Alex Haley, an American author and the author of the 1976 novel 'Roots: The Saga of an American Family'. The novel tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery in the United States. The novel was adapted into a television miniseries in 1977 and was one of the most watched programs in history.