Marion Billet was born in 1982 in Lyon, France. She studied children's book illustration at the Emile Cohl School. Marion is widely published - around 80 children's books in 11 different countries, including Whizzy Wheels: My First London Bus, My First London Taxi, My First Digger and My First Tractor, as well as Hello London, a push, pull and slide book of London landmarks. Her illustrations have also appeared in magazines, on stationery and toys, and on children's furniture and clothes. Marion now lives in Paris.