Isol

Marisol Misenta (born 6 March 1972), known professionally under the mononym Isol, is an Argentine creator of children's picture books and a pop singer. from time to time, as special projects, such as the book Consecuencias, a project set up by Casa de América, Spain, in 2000, and the book Under the Spell of the Moon, for Groundwood Books in 2004.

Among other projects, she took part in the BIB ‘99 Workshop for illustrators, organized by UNESCO in Slovakia, and has received the Golden Apple 2003 Award for her illustrations to the book Tic Tac.

Her books El Globo (The Balloon) and El cuento de Navidad de Auggie Wren (Auggie Wren's Christmas Story) have been selected to be part of the White Ravens list 2003, and 2004, the latter involving a Special Mention.

Her book Tener un patito es útil (It's useful to have a duck) was selected by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) for their catalogue and exhibition"AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers" (USA). This book won also a Silver Mention in Quórum Awards (Designers Council from Mexico) and it was chosen for the Banco del Libro Best Books 2008 (IBBY Venezuela)

For her body of work as a children's illustrator, Isol Misenta was one of six finalists for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006, and one of five finalists for the same award in 2008.

In 2008, she join her brother Zypce in the project SIMA, forming a duo Isol/Zypce. They released a first record called Sima with their own compositions and two songs by the Uruguayan writer Dani Umpi. The record was published in USA by Darla Records and in Argentina by the musicians. In 2014, they published their second work as the band SIMA, together with the musicians Nicolas Cecinini and Pablo Chimenti. The record is called "Novela Gráfica" (Graphic Novel), with 11 songs and 11 comics, in collaboration with talented illustrators and visual artists from many countries. The cd-comic was designed by Laura Varsky (winner of a Latin Grammy as a record designer) and published by Noseso Records and Moebius Editora (Argentina).