Angela Kang (born March 23, 1976) is an American television writer known for serving as showrunner on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead for the final three seasons.

[1][2] She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Theater from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California in 1998, after which she had several short stories and poems published, and also wrote a number of plays.

She eventually returned to school where she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in screenwriting from the University of Southern California where she was the recipient of the Annenberg Graduation Fellowship.

[3][4] Her first job in the television industry came when she worked as an intern for the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.

[5] In 2011, she joined the writing staff of the acclaimed AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead as a story editor for season two.