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Before writing, he worked as an actor in his native England. He acted and directed for the National Youth Theatre in the UK and was a prominent member of the University of Birmingham's Guild Theatre Group (GTG) in the late 60's. In Japan he worked for the Macmillan Press, and also worked as a movie reviewer for the ''Asahi Evening News''. His writing career, however, was cut short due to cancer.

Alan Booth also starred in the BBC Learning Zone program "Japanese Language and People", episode 6 titled "On the Road", where is he interviewed about many different aspects of life in Japan.