Hazel Edwards

Who is Hazel Edwards?

Hazel Eileen Edwards is an Australian author who has written 200 books, including the classic children's book There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake, which has celebrated its 30th anniversary and is a short film by Pocket Bonfire Productions which toured nationally with Little Big Shots Film Festival. Since its publication in 1980, Hippopotamus on Our roof has been reprinted annually, evolved into a series of six picture books and inspired a junior chapter book, classroom play scripts, stage production and a short movie. The Hippopotamus books have also been translated into Chinese, Braille and Auslan signing for the hearing impaired and were presented as an official Australian government gift to the children of Princess Mary of Denmark.

Edwards is a National Ambassador for the 2012 Year of Reading and the Premiers' Reading Challenge. Her most recent young adult novel is f2m;the boy within, co-authored with Ryan Kennedy, and the latest Hippopotamus book is Hooray, There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party. Authorpreneurship;The Business of Creativity is her latest non fiction.