Amy Tan
Amy Tan is an American author born in 1952 to Chinese immigrant parents in Oakland, California, best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which explores the experiences of Chinese-American mother-daughter pairs and was adapted into a 1993 film. She defied her mother's expectations of becoming a doctor by studying English and linguistics, earning degrees from San Jose State University, and transitioned from business writing to fiction in her 30s, producing multiple bestsellers, memoirs, and children's books. Tan has received prestigious awards including the National Humanities Medal and continues to be a prominent voice in literature.
Fiction
Memoir
Children's literature
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
The Valley of Amazement
The Valley of Amazement
Saving fish from drowning
The hundred secret senses
The Joy Luck Club
The kitchen god's wife
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Kitchen God's Wife: A Novel
The Kitchen God's Wife: A Novel
The Bonesetter's Daughter: A Novel
Selected from the Joy Luck Club (Writers' Voices)
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Valley of Amazement
The Hundred Secret Senses: A Novel
The Joy Luck Club
Hija del Curandero, La (Spanish Edition)
Club de la buena estrella (Debolsillo, 338/1) (Spanish Edition)
The Joy Luck Club
Rules for Virgins: Wherein Magic Gourd Advises Young Violet on How to Become a Popular Courtesan While Avoiding Cheapskates, False Love, and Suicide
Saving Fish from Drowning