Hazel Edwards OAM is an Australian author of children's literature, including There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake (1980).
She taught at Westall High School and was invited to lecture at Frankston Teachers' College while studying at Monash University at night.
[2] Later she lectured in children's literature and psychology at Toorak Teachers' College, and the Institute of Early Childhood Development, then became a freelance author-lecturer after the publication of 'General Store' (1977) and There's a Hippopotamus On Our Roof Eating Cake (1980) which toured nationally with Garry Ginivan productions as 'Hippo Hippo the Musical' (2016).
[1] In 2018, she launched her book Like Me about a child involved in the Yarra Plenty Regional Library's literacy program "Doggy Tales".
[4] Her 2016 novel Hijabi Girl, co-written with Ozge Allan, is about a diverse group of school friends in modern Australia,[5] and has been turned into a musical puppet show.