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Spyri, Johanna / Kirk, Maria L. / Stork, Elisabeth P. Johanna Louise Spyri (nee Heusser, 1827-1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubunden, the setting she would later use in her novels. After her marriage to Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer, she lived in Zurich and began to write about life in the country. Her first story was pub...