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 eighty children's books published in eleven different countries, including the Whizzy Wheels series (My First London Bus and My First London Taxi) 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 currently lives in Los Angeles with her family.