Julia Lynn Moberg grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Southlake, Texas. She attended New York University where she received both her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing at Tisch School of the Arts. Skies over Sweetwater originally started out as an idea for a screenplay, but as Julia began researching the WASP, she felt compelled to tell these women's stories to a much younger audience in hopes that young girls might adopt them as role models in life. So, she decided to write a middle grade novel instead.

The writing experience was an incredible journey. Julia read books, watched documentaries, communicated with several WASP who are still alive, and immersed herself in the 1940's American home-front culture. Whenever she tells others about the WASP, she is amazed how many people don't even know that women flew for the Air Force during WWII. She hopes that this book might change that and give these women much needed recognition.

She currently lives in New York City, where she works as an editor in children's publishing.