Amy Tan

Amy Tan is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club, published in 1989, which explores the relationships between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters. The novel was a major bestseller and was adapted into a successful film in 1993. Born in Oakland, California in 1952, Tan has published several other novels including The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and The Bonesetter's Daughter. Her memoir Where the Past Begins was published in 2017.