Amy Tan

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.

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

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

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

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