Marc Levy is a renowned French novelist, born on October 16, 1961, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. He initially worked as a lifeguard and later became an entrepreneur before turning to writing at the age of 39. His first novel, If Only It Were True, became one of the best-selling books in France in the early 2000s and was adapted into the film Just Like Heaven.

At eighteen, Marc Levy joined the Red Cross as a lifeguard and worked there for six years. In 1984, he moved to the United States and established a digital imaging company named Rambow Images in San Francisco. Nine years later, he returned to Paris to co-found an architecture firm called Eurythmic Cloiselec with two friends.

Encouraged by his sister, a screenwriter, Levy submitted the manuscript of If Only It Were True to a French publisher, leading to its successful publication. The film rights were acquired by Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks before its release. Currently, Levy is also venturing into directing films, with a project produced by Dominique Farrugia. His next novel, C'est arrivé la nuit, was released on September 29, 2020, in France.