Awarded the 2022 Monash University Distinguished Alumni for Education, author-educator Hazel Edwards has always combined the ‘ideas’ roles of writer and teacher. Best known for ‘There’s a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake’ which turned 40 in 2020, Hazel writes for all ages and genres. ‘Grief and Loss in Schools; A Resource for Teachers’ typifies her participate-observation approach to scripting. www.hazeledwards.com