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Johanna Spyri
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Johanna Spyri (12 June 1827 - 7 July 1901) was an author of children's stories, and is best known for Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubunden, the setting she later would use in her novels. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.