Amy Tan

Amy Tan is an American author of novels about Chinese American women and the immigrant experience.
* She was born in Oakland, California in 1952.
* Her parents were Chinese immigrants who came to the United States in the 1940s.
* Tan grew up in California and Switzerland.
* She studied English and linguistics at San Jose State University and the University of California, Berkeley.
* She worked as a freelance business writer before becoming a novelist.
* Her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, was published in 1989 and became a bestseller.
* She has since written several other novels, including The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and The Bonesetter's Daughter.
* Tan is a recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award.

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