Hazel Edwards

Hazel Edwards is a Melbourne-based author who writes books and scripts for children and adults. She has written 200 books, which have been widely translated. She won the 2009 ASA Medal for services to the writing community and is short-listed for the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Children's Literature Award. There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake is her best known title, which has continuously been in print for 30 years and adapted for stage, radio, video, and puppetry.

Hazel Edwards is a Melbourne-based author who writes books and scripts for children and adults. She has written 200 books, which have been widely translated. She won the 2009 ASA Medal for services to the writing community and is short-listed for the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Children's Literature Award. There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake is her best known title, which has continuously been in print for 30 years and adapted for stage, radio, video, and puppetry. See less