Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (born 1827)

Johanna Spyri

Swiss novelist (1827–1901)

Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.