Amy Tan Essay Examples

Amy Ruth Tan
February 19, 1952 (age 70)
Oakland, California, U.S.

Writer

San Jose State University (BA, MA)

The Joy Luck Club (1989), The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001)

She is an American author known for the novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a film of the same name, as well as other novels, short story collections, and children's books.

Amy Tan is part of a movement of Asian-American writers that includes Maxine Hong Kingston (The Woman Warrior) and Wakako Yamauchi (Songs My Mother Taught Me). A large part of Tan's contribution to the modern Asian-American literary boom is her widespread popularity.