Isol

Isol (Marisol Misenta) was born in 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied Art Education and later Painting at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Buenos Aires. Since 1997, she has been creating books with her own texts and illustrations, and has also illustrated works by other authors such as Jorge Lujan, Graciela Montes, and Paul Auster. Her books have received awards in major international competitions and have been published in many countries. In 2013, she was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the most prestigious prize in children's literature worldwide.