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• Amy Tan is an American author and public speaker who has written five novels and two children's books. Her fictional style commonly deals with topics of mother-daughter relationships, immigrant families, and Chinese-American cultural difficulties. Her most well-known novel is The Joy Luck Club, which was first published in 1989 and adapted into a feature film in 1993. She is currently the literary editor for the Los Angeles Times' magazine, West.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: February 19, 1952
  2. Birthplace: Oakland, California
  3. Graduated from San Jose State University
  4. Has a masters in linguistics
  5. Was a guest speaker at the TED 2008 Conference

• Bibliography

• Novels

  1. The Joy Luck Club 1989
  2. The Kitchen God's Wife 1991
  3. The Hundred Secret Senses 1995
  4. The Bonesetter's Daughter 2001
  5. Saving Fish from Drowning 2005

• Children's Books

  1. The Moon Lady (with Gretchen Shields) 1992
  2. Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat (with Gretchen Shields) 1994

• Anthologies Edited

  1. The Best American Short Stories 1999 (with Katrina Kenson) 1999

• Non-Fiction

  1. Mid-Life Confidential|Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Cords and an Attitude' (with Dave Barry, Stephen King, Tabitha King, and Barbara Kingsolver) 1994
  2. Mother Book|Mother (with Maya Angelou and Mary Higgins Clark) 1996
  3. The Opposite of Fate A Book of Musings|The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings 2003

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