Stickybeak

Hazel Edwards (Author)

Best known for the There’s a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake (1980) series, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, author Hazel Edwards, O.A.M. writes books and scripts for children, young adults, and adults. Awarded the Australian Society of Authors’ Medal in 2009, Hazel has been nominated three times for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She also received the Monash University Distinguished Alumni award for Education in 2022. She is the Patron of the Society of Women Writers, Victoria.

2025 marks her 50th year since first being published. Her books have been translated into 10 languages. Wasted? is her latest young adult Cli-Fic novel, being considered for screen adaptation. Her audio, digital, and print memoir Not Just a Piece of Cake; Being an Author is being translated into Tamil. Illustrator Deborah Niland has submitted her portrait of Hazel for the 2025 Archibald Prize.

Rosemary Wilson (Illustrator)

Rosemary Wilson has collaborated with Hazel Edwards on several highly successful children’s books, including Stickybeak. She has a background in advertising, design, and photography and now teaches art as well as illustrating children’s books. She finds her four children invaluable critics when she is working on her illustrations.

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