This author of A Sport of Nature and Get a Life collected the stories "A Watcher of the Dead" and "The Umbilical Cord" in The Soft Voice of the Serpent, and wrote one work in which Mehring and Jacobus find a dead body by a river.  
This author wrote about Kim Capran, who changes her name to Hilella in one work, while another work by this author focuses on the diagnosis of environmental activist Paul Bannerman with thyroid cancer.  This author of A Sport of Nature and Get a Life collected the stories "A Watcher of the Dead" and "The Umbilical Cord" in The Soft Voice of the Serpent, and wrote one work in which Mehring and Jacobus find a dead body by a river.  This author of The Conservationist also wrote a work which sees Conrad sleep with the title character, Rosa, who attempts to deal with Lionel's legacy as a member of the SACP, and one in which Victor, Gina and Royce ride in a bakkie to a remote village with their parents Maureen and Bamford Smales.  For 10 points—name this author of Burger's Daughter and July's People.
This author wrote about Kim Capran, who changes her name to Hilella in one work, while another work by this author focuses on the diagnosis of environmental activist Paul Bannerman with thyroid cancer.  
Nadine {Gordimer}