Aurore Petit is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Strasbourg. After working for some time as an illustrator for the press, in 2008 she published her first children's book, Ménageries , with Éditions Thierry Magnier. Since then, she has created many books for young readers. She is the author of A Mother Is a House ( Une maman, c'est comme une maison ) which was published in 2019 by Editions Les Fourmis Rouges and was met with great acclaim. For La Martinière Jeunesse, she illustrated Tomatoes on My Balcony ( Des tomates sur mon balcon) and How Are You? ( Comment allez-vous? ), as well as This Is My Place (C'est chez moi ) and Little Monkey (Petit singe ), both of which she also wrote. She lives in Nantes, France.