Victor Perera (writer)

Victor Haim Perera (1934 – 14 June 2003) was an American educator, historian, journalist and novelist, primarily concerned with Latin America and Sephardic Jewry.

He is known for his history of the Sephardic Jews, The Cross and The Pear Tree (1995), which traced the path of his own family from 15th-century Spain to 20th-century Guatemala.