Originally from Brooklyn, New York, T.A. Noonan was raised in the South. She received her BA from Louisiana State University, her MFA from Florida Atlantic University, and her PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her research interests include creative writing, independent publishing, contemporary literatures, gender studies, new media, and esotericism.

She is the author of two hybrid-genre collections, The Bone Folders (Sundress Publications) and Petticoat Government (Gold Wake Press), as well as the chapbooks Darjeeling (Ahadada Books) and Balm (Flaming Giblet Press). Her writing has appeared in dozens of publications, including Ninth Letter, Verse Daily, The Superstition Review, RHINO, specs, Phoebe, and Harpur Palate.

T.A. has worked for several journals and presses over the years. In 2005, she founded Flaming Giblet Press, which publishes works in print and the online journal grain short/grain long. Besides writing and editing, she engages in many artistic pursuits, such as graphic design, image editing, photography, knitting, crocheting, bookmaking, and collage. Currently, she lives on Florida's Treasure Coast with her husband.