알렉스 헤일리

소개

알렉스 헤일리(Alex Haley, 1921년 8월 11일 ~ 1992년 2월 20일)는 미국의 소설가이며 예비역 미국 해군 중령이다.

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley 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.