Colin Heasley was born and raised in rural upstate New York. His debut short stories are forthcoming in Columbia Journal and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, where he is a runner-up for the 2025 Stephen Dixon Award in Short Fiction.

His narrative work blends influences from film, drama (MFA, New York University) and a background in STEM policy (BS, Duke University) with a humorous, hyper-emotive first-person narration. He is an alum of Bread Loaf and Tin House, where he workshopped portions of his completed story collection, and is currently at work on a novel.

Colin began writing for the internet as an Editorial Fellow at BuzzFeed, during the vicious heyday of the millennial content farm. His satire has since appeared online in Reductress, Electric Literature, The Offing, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and The New Yorker, among many others.

Throughout his twenties, he honed his craft while working a variety of temp jobs and internships: at the US Department of State, ad agency R/GA, queer cinema epicenter Killer Films, kitchen electrics company Dash, and a J. Crew store in a mall. He is currently a Senior Copywriter at Razorfish.

Colin lives in Los Angeles with his partner, the jazz singer and composer Michael Mayo.