Facts: - death place: zurich , switzerland - notableworks: heidi - death date: 7 july 1901 - genre: children 's literature , adult literature - birth date: 12 june 1827 - name: johanna louise heusser - image: zentralbibliothek tif zurich - johanna spyri - 000006279 2 . - birth place: hirzel , switzerland - occupation: short story writer , novelist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of johanna spyri .
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johanna louise spyri -lrb- nee heusser -rrb- -lrb- ; 12 june 1827 -- 7 july 1901 -rrb- was a swiss-born author of novels and best known for her children 's stories , and is best known for her book '' heidi '' .born 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 .