Dorothy Driver taught for many years at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she is now Emeritus Professor. Thereafter, she held a professorship at The University of Adelaide, where she now has adjunct researcher status. Her literary-critical research is primarily in the field of Southern African literature written in English, with a special focus on the intersections of gender and race, and on writing by women. Her latest book is A Book of Friends: In Honour of J.M. Coetzee on his 80th Birthday.