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, new media, contemporary literature, hybrid and cross-genre texts, and pagan studies.

She is the author of Dress the Stars (Dusie Kollektiv, 2013), The Bone Folders (Sundress Publications, 2011), Petticoat Government (Gold Wake Press, 2011), Darjeeling (Ahadada Books, 2008), and Balm (Flaming Giblet Press, 2006).

Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in publications such as Hobart, Ninth Letter, Verse Daily, RHINO, specs, Phoebe, and Harpur Palate. "The Trouble with Correspondence," her essay on the intersections of witchcraft and body image, was named a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2011.

T.A. has also worked as an editor of both creative and critical work. She serves as the Associate Editor of Sundress Publications, as well as Managing Editor of its imprint, Flaming Giblet Press, which she founded in 2006. Besides writing and editing, she engages in many artistic pursuits, such as graphic design, photography, bookmaking, and crafting.

Although she professes a general dislike of Florida, she currently lives on its Treasure Coast with her partner, where she teaches writing and spends her free time cooking, playing video games, lifting weights, and avoiding sunburn.