An avid reader (who read under the bedclothes as a young girl), Hazel Edwards wrote her first novel in grade six, a mystery about adventurous children stuck in a mine. After working in a secondary school and lecturing at Teachers’ College, Hazel published her first novel aged 27, General Store.
It is Hazel’s third published work that is her best known, the children’s picture book classic, There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake. This special imaginary friend has been cherished by children and parents alike and led to the dubious honour of Hazel being referred to as the “Hippo Lady”.
