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Heller was born in North London as the youngest of four children of a German-Jewish immigrant who was also a successful screenwriter. Her mother was instrumental in keeping up the Labour Party's " Save London Transport Campaign ". Heller read English at St Anne's College, Oxford and then went on to Columbia University, New York.
Heller then returned to London to work as a columnist. She also published two novels, Everything You Know ( 1999) and Notes on a Scandal ( 2003).
Zoë Heller now lives in New York with her partner, screenwriter Larry Konner .