Welcome to Hazel Edwards' website

Hazel Edwards is a Melbourne based author who writes books and scripts for children and adults. Picture book Image of an Iceberg - click for larger view'There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake' is her best known title which has been continually in print for 28 years and adapted for stage, radio, video and puppetry as well as widely translated. Read more about Hazel...

An iceberg symbolises writing, where 9/10ths is under the surface and only 1/10th shows in the final book.

Hazel's Latest Book

Gang-O KidsGang-O KidsGang-O Kids
ISBN 978-0-646-48847-9 - $11.95

Easy-to-read adventures by five resourceful kids who solve mysteries, while orienteering.

'Gang-O Kids' is to be launched at CLIC (Children's Literature in the Centre) in Alice Springs in May.

Online pre-ordering from Darren Sandford - Omotivo Pty Ltd inc. Orienteering Service of Australia. See Hazel's 2008 book launches for more contact details.

See Hazel's 12 most popular books & Upcoming 2008 Book Launches.

"Being an author means the opportunity to live more intensively by participant observation in places like Antarctic expeditions, but also by using imagination and asking 'What if?' as in the creation of the cake-eating hippo. 'Stickybeaking' or asking questions of extraordinary, ordinary people is considered legitimate research for a writer. And sometimes books travel even further than the author, into the minds and actions of readers"

Hazel Edwards