Tif Robinette was raised in a fundamentalist sect in West Virginia, homeschooled along with her eight younger siblings. She now lives with her partner and critters in an off-grid tiny home she built in the mountains of northern California.

Tif spent her twenties in NYC working in blue-chip art galleries by day and performing in experimental art warehouse shows by night. Out of her art practice, she began filmmaking, which led to an MFA in Screenwriting.

Her work has been published in various places, including The Southeast Review, Phile Magazine, Gingerzine, Black Hare Press and Feign. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Bram Stoker Award (2025). She has forthcoming short stories in Bitter Magazine, Blood+Honey, and Divinations Magazine, 2026.