Peter Abrahams
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), better known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born Jamaican novelist, journalist and political commentator. He was best known for his novels Mine Boy (1946), A Wreath for Udomo (1956), A Night of Their Own (1965), This Island Now (1966) and The View from Coyaba (1985). He also wrote the memoir, Tell Freedom (1954).