Over the next few years he wrote non-stop and each of his books was more successful than the last.
Despite being so busy with his work,Alex still found time for romance.
He met Fiona Jones while he was at university and they were married in 1971.
They have two children.
He has away been a devoted husband and father.
Alex Morton has written over twenty books so far and his name has been on the best seller list more times than he can remember.
However , the pinnacle of his career was when he won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1995.
Since then, Alex has continued to write and many of his books have been made into films.