Heaps’ debut essay collection, PROXIMITY was released in 2023 through Clash Books.

Heaps has received support from Tin House, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Gullkistan.

They hold an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and have lived and worked in places such as Hanoi, Tokyo, Istanbul, and the North American West.

They are home in Philadelphia and teach at Temple University.