Ana Huang

Early life Huang is the daughter of Chinese immigrants. As a child, Huang's mother encouraged her to write stories as a way to practice English as a second language. Later, Huang wrote as a hobby and posted fiction on Wattpad. She states that "I wrote my first novel when I was 15, and I uploaded it when I was maybe 18."

Huang studied international relations in college, and during college, studied abroad in China, as a foreign exchange student in Shanghai.

Career Huang worked in press relations at a geopolitical consulting company.

After 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.

In 2022, Huang was featured in Cosmopolitan, and in 2023, Elle magazine India,

In 2023, her novel King of Greed reached #1 on the Paperback Trade Fiction section of The New York Times Best Seller list. King of Sloth was a #1 New York Times Best Seller, and reached #1 on the USA Today Booklist.

In 2024, Huang, with 1,474,194 print copies sold, is the fourth highest selling BookTok author.

Huang uses "alpha readers" to fact check topics involved in the telling of her stories.

Works If Love series If We Ever Meet Again (2020) If the Sun Never Sets (2020) If Love Had a Price (2020) If We Were Perfect (2020)

Twisted series Twisted Love (2021) Twisted Games (2022) Twisted Hate (2023) Twisted Lies (2024)

Kings of Sin series King of Wrath (2022) King of Pride (2023) King of Greed (2023) King of Sloth (2024) King of Envy (2025) King of Gluttony (2026) King of Lust (2027)

Gods of the Game series The Striker (2024) The Defender (2025) The Keeper (2026)

Standalones All I've Never Wanted (2013)

Accolades Year Award Category Title Notes Result 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance Twisted Hate Finalist 2023 King of Pride 2024 King of Sloth