Johanna Romberg, born in 1958, studied School Music and Spanish Philology in Cologne and Seville before attending the Henri-Nannen- Schule in 1985/1986. Since 1987, she has been an editor and author for the magazine GEO. Her writings have won her multiple awards.
Johanna Romberg has two adult sons and lives with her husband in the Lueneburg Heath.