Later that year she published her first novel Ao lado e à margem do que sentes por mim« ("Beside and at the edge of what you feel for me").

In 2009, she was included in a list published by the newspaper O Globo of the best Brazilian books from the previous decade.

Her short stories have been included in anthologies published in Portugal and Italy.

[1] In 2015, an adaptation of the book A Color Defect was announced for a television series, scheduled for release in 2021.

In December 2016, Ana Maria Gonçalves became a columnist on racial, cultural and political issues for The Intercept Brazil.