Author, mentor and teacher Hazel Edwards OAM has been involved with gifted education as a Tournament of Minds problem-writer and judge, mentored interesting thinkers of all ages and is intrigued by the techniques of unconventional problem-solvers. Many of her published stories deal with ‘coping successfully with being different’ and with real-world problem solvers. Her best-known publication is the children’s picture book classic There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake (1980), along with its sequels and adaptations.