Since 1986, Heller has been associated with the Center National de la recherche scientifique in Paris and subsequently also to the Tibetan and Himalayan Library.
She earned her Ph.D. in 1992 in philology and history of Tibet at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris.
In addition to the French and the English editions, Italian and Spanish translations were published by JAca book and Libsa SA, respectively.
[1] In 2009, she published Hidden Treasures of the Himalayas Tibetan manuscripts, paintings and sculptures of Dolpo, Serindia publications, Chicago, 2009 (see www.Serindia.com).
2017–2018, Heller taught at University of Bern invited by the Institute of Science of Religions and Central Asian Studies.