Johanna Spyri ( ) (12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss 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 Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
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“Too nice is neighbor’s fool.”
—Common Dutch saying, trans by Johanna C. Prins.