Stork, Elisabeth P.

Johanna Spyri; 12 June 1827 - 7 July 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 Graubunden, the setting she later would use in her novels.