Isol, born Marisol Misenta in Buenos Aires in 1972 and an illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist, writer, singer and composer, was chosen by a jury of 12 international children's literature experts as the 2013 Astrid Lindgren award-winnerPhotograph: PRAstrid Lindgren award-winner Isol's book El Globo is about an angry mother who is transformed into a balloonPhotograph: PRAn illustration from Astrid Lindgren award-winner Isol's El Globo, featuring the angry mother at the centre of the picture bookPhotograph: PRThe cover of Isol's La Bella Griselda. The Astrid Lindgren prize-winner's books 'expose the absurdities of the adult world'Photograph: PRAn illustration from Isol's La Bella Griselda Photograph: PRAs well as writing and illustrating 10 picture books of her own, Astrid Lindgren award-winner Isol also works with with Argentinian poet Jorge Luján. This is the cover of their collaboration Mi Cuerpo Y YoPhotograph: PRNumeralia is another of Astrid Lindgren award-winner Isol's collaborations Argentinian poet Jorge Luján. Her illustrations 'vibrate with energy and explosive emotions', said the judgesPhotograph: PR