Johanna Spyri (1827 - 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book 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 Graub nden, the setting she later would use in her novels. In this book: Heidi, What Sami Sings with the Birds, Moni the Goat-Boy, Toni, the Little Woodcarver, Erick and Sally, Maezli, A Story of the Swiss...