Amy Tan

Amy Tan is an American author best known for The Joy Luck Club (1989), a novel later adapted into a 1993 film. Her other novels include The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, Saving Fish from Drowning, and The Valley of Amazement, and she has also written children's books such as The Moon Lady. Her most recent book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles (2024), is an illustrated account of her birdwatching and the sociopolitical climate of 2016.