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Peter Abrahams
South African novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017)
For the crime fiction novelist, see Peter Abrahams (American author).
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life.[1] His death at the age of 97 is considered to have been murder.[2]
Biography
Early years and education
Abrahams was born in 1919 in Vrededorp, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; his father was from Ethiopia and his mother was Coloured, with French and African roots.[3] Abrahams was five years old when his father died, and with his family thereafter struggling financially his mother sent him to live with relatives until the age of 11, when he became a boarding student at the Anglican Church's Grace Dieu School in Pietersburg.[4] On graduation from there, he went to St Peter's Secondary School in Rosettenville, paying h
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Peter Abrahams was a South African-born author, political commentator, and journalist.
Born to an Ethiopian father and a Colored (i.e. mixed-race South African) mother, Abrahams became one of South Africa's best-known authors. His thirteen books are largely focused on social issues, particularly racism and South Africa's official policy of segregation, which was known as apartheid.
In 1956, Abrahams settled in Jamaica, where he worked as a radio journalist while continuing to write novels and memoirs. At 97, he was found dead in his home; he is presumed to have been murdered.
Study Guides on Works by Peter Abrahams
Mine BoyPeter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams's 1946 novel Mine Boy follows a young farm boy from the northern part of South Africa named Xuma as he moves to Johannesburg to work in a gold mine. As Xuma's heart is broken by a black woman who wishes to be white, and he is...
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Peter Abrahams (American author)
American crime fiction writer
For the South African/Jamaican writer, see Peter Abrahams.
Peter Abrahams (born June 28, 1947) is an American author of crime fiction for both adults and children.
His book Lights Out (1994) was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. Reality Check won the best young adult Edgar Award in 2011. Down the Rabbit Hole, first in the Echo Falls series, won the best children's/young adult Agatha Award in 2005. The Fan was adapted into a film starring Robert De Niro and directed by Tony Scott (1996).
His literary influences are Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene, and Ross Macdonald. Stephen King has referred to him as "my favorite American suspense novelist".[1]
Born in Boston, Abrahams lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. He is married and has four children including Rosie Gray.[2] He graduated from Williams College in 1968.
Echo Falls Mystery Series
Echo Falls Mysteries is a series for younger readers. There are three books in the series: Down the Rabbit Hole
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