Johanna Spyri was born in 1827 in Hirzel, Switzerland. In
1852, she moved to Zürich, where she began to write stories about
life in the country. Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning,
usually abbreviated as Heidi, is by far the most well-known.
Published throughout the world, it has inspired more than twenty
film or television productions, a musical drama, and a tourist
area-Heidiland-in Switzerland. Johanna Spyri died in 1901.
Maja Dusikova, was born in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, and now
lives in Florence, Italy. One of the most celebrated children's
book illustrators in Europe, she has a pet rabbit named Cici that
runs under her table while she paints and doesn't like carrots.
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