Alex Haley

Haley's first book was ''The Autobiography of Malcolm X'', published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X.
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. Provided by Wikipedia