Hazel Hutchins

Hazel Hutchins is a Canadian children's author.

With over fifty titles for children, Hazel's picture books, early readers and children's novels have been published in Canada, the U. S., the U.K. and appear around the world in various translations.

Awards for her work include The Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award for ''Mattland'' (2009), The Writers Guild of Alberta Award for Children's Literature for ''Mattland'' (2009), ''The Prince of Tarn'' (1998), ''A Cat of Artimus Pride'' (1992) . Her book ''Tess'' (1995) was nominated for a Governor General's Award. Other honors include the Shining Willow Young Readers' Choice Award for ''TJ and the Cats'' (2003), Mister Christie and Norma Fleck short lists and her books have appeared numerous times on the Ontario Library Association Tree awards.

Hazel was awarded the Queen Elizabeth 11's Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022. Provided by Wikipedia