His literary debut came in 1987 with a novel Weiser Dawidek (translated as Who was David Weiser?), which was made into a film (Weiser) by Wojciech Marczewski in 2000.
Huelle studied Polish philology at Gdansk University and, in 1980, participated in the efforts to establish an independent student organization.
He also taught literature, philosophy and history.
He was nominated in 2008 for the Nike Award for his novel Ostatnia wieczerza ("The Last Supper").
He was also a member of the Polish PEN Club.
In 2001, he won the Paszport Polityki Award for his book Mercedes-Benz. Z listów do Hrabala.
In 2012, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Bronislaw Komorowski.
He was the director of TVP3 Gdansk from 1994 to 1999 and served as the literary manager for the Municipal Theater of Gdynia.
In 2014, he received the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis.
He became a journalist and worked for the press service of Solidarnosc (Solidarity). After the declaration of martial law in 1981, he cooperated with the samizdat movement.