Amy Tan
Amy Tan is a fiction writer, born in the U.S. to immigrant parents from China. Her novels are The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, and Saving Fish from Drowning, all New York Times best-sellers. She is also the author of a memoir, The Opposite of Fate, and two children’s books, The Moon Lady and Sagwa and The Chinese Siamese Cat. She has contributed numerous articles for magazines including The New Yorker, Harper’s Bazaar, and National Geographic. Her work has been translated into 35 languages.
Ms. Tan served as Co-producer and Co-screenwriter with Ron Bass for the film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club. She was the Creative Consultant for Sagwa, the Emmy-nominated PBS television series for children, which aired worldwide. Her story in The New Yorker, “Immortal Heart,” was performed on stages throughout the U.S. and in France. She wrote the libretto for an opera based on her novel The Bonesetter’s Daughter, music by Stewart Wallace, which premiered in 2008. Ms. Tan’s other musical work for the stage is limited to serving as lead rhythm dominatrix, backup singer, and second tambourine with the literary garage band the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose members include Stephen King, Dave Barry, and Scott Turow. In spite of their dubious talent, their yearly gigs have managed to raise over a million dollars for literacy programs. Ms. Tan has lectured at numerous universities internationally. Her new novel, The Valley of Amazement, will be released in 2013.
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