A memoir is only a slice of a life. This ’questory’ (quest + history) covers more than the beloved cake-eating hippo. ’Not Just a Piece of Cake’ is a candid memoir of the realistic process of the process of creativity, via anecdotes. ’Anecdultery’ is a Hazel original term for story. Hazel Edwards takes the reader behind the books. She shares the humour of a diverse work style and family life behind the beloved characters like the cake-eating hippo. Hippocampus is where memories are kept. Collaborating with illustrators, performers, co-authors and even family, Hazel shares ’the process of the process of writing’ and why storytelling matters culturally, and personally.