Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle | |
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| Born | Alex Alphonso Wheatle 3 January 1963 London, England |
| Died | 16 March 2025 (aged 62) |
| Pen name | The Brixton Bard |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Shirley Oaks Children's Home |
| Literary movement | Black British literature |
| Notable works | Brixton Rock (1999) Crongton Knights (2016) Cane Warriors (2020) |
| Notable awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | |
| alexwheatle | |
Alex Alphonso Wheatle MBE (3 January 1963 – 16 March 2025) was a British novelist, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the 1981 Brixton riot in London.