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== Career ==
 
Huang worked in press relations at a geopolitical consulting company.<ref name="Straits/review-wrath">{{cite news |last1=Lim |first1=Charmaine |title=Book review: King Of Wrath layers steamy romance with intricacies of family loyalty |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/book-review-king-of-wrath-layers-steamy-romance-with-intricacies-of-family-loyalty |access-date=21 December 2024 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20240817204013/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/book-review-king-of-wrath-layers-steamy-romance-with-intricacies-of-family-loyalty |archive-date=2024-08-17 |language=en}}</ref>
 
<blockquote>"I did a lot of marketing in my old day job"<ref name="businessinsider/huang-self-publishing"/> — Ana Huang</blockquote>
 
DuringAfter 2019, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Huang began writing and self-publishing novels, and promoting them on [[TikTok]]. Her ''Twisted'' series went viral, and was republished by [[Bloom Books]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ana Huang Knows That Sloth Isn't Sexy|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20240212/94304-ana-huang-knows-that-sloth-isn-t-sexy.html |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=2024-09-26}}</ref>
 
SheIn and her books2022, haveHuang beenwas featured in ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=The 30 Best Romance Novels of 2022 That'll Give You All the ~ Feels ~ |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/books/g40392688/best-romance-novels-2022/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US}}</ref> and in 2023, ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle magazine India]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-05 |title=Ana Huang On Becoming a Bookstagram Favourite, Indian Readers And Grey Male Characters - Elle India |url=https://elle.in/ana-huang-twisted-author-interview/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''[[Good Morning America]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ana Huang talks new book, 'King of Sloth' |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/ana-huang-talks-new-book-king-sloth-109778023 |website=[[Good Morning America]] |access-date=2024-09-26}}</ref>
 
In 2023, Her novel ''King of Greed'' reached #1 on the Paperback Trade Fiction section of [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Paperback Trade Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Nov. 12, 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2023/11/12/trade-fiction-paperback/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''King of Sloth'' was a [[List of The New York Times number-one books of 2024|#1 ''New York Times'' Best Seller]],<ref name="NYTsloth1">{{Cite news |title=Combined Print & E-Book Fiction - Best Sellers - Books - May 19, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2024/05/19/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and reached #1 on the ''USA Today'' Booklist.<ref name="USAsloth1"/> ''Twisted Love'' stayed on the Paperback Trade Fiction section of ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for 61 weeks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paperback Trade Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Sept. 1, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2024/09/01/trade-fiction-paperback/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
In 2024, Huang, with 1,474,194 print copies sold, is the fourth highest selling [[BookTok]] author.<ref name="Roeloffs/booktok-sold">{{cite web |last1=Roeloffs |first1=Mary Whitfill |title=One BookTok Author Sold More Books This Year Than The Top 10 New Books Combined |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/07/05/booktok-author-sarah-j-maas-sold-more-books-this-year-than-the-top-10-new-books-combined/ |website=[[Forbes]] sites |access-date=21 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
 
Huang uses "alpha readers" to [[fact check]] topics involved in the telling her stories.
 
== Works ==