Hazel has written numerous articles for The L Magazine in New York City. She graduated from Lancaster Unviersity with a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing in 2010. As a member of the Lancaster University's Writer's Guild, she designed the covers of the anthologies Another One for The Shelf and The Biggest Whoop, and designed and edited the 2010 anthology Paperweight.

Hazel writes prose and poetry, and has participated in National Novel Writing Month for the past six years.