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Amy Tan (born 19 February 1952) is an American writer of Chinese descent whose works explore mother-daughter relationships as well as relationships between Chinese American women and their immigrant parents. In 1993, Tan's adaptation of her most popular fiction work, The Joy Luck Club , became a commercially successful film. Tan has written several other books, including The Kitchen God's Wife , The Hundred Secret Senses , and The Bonesetter's Daughter , and a collection of non-fiction essays entitled The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings . Her most recent book, Saving Fish From Drowning , explores the tribulations experienced by a group of people who disappear while on an art expedition into the jungles of Burma. In addition, Tan has written two children's books: The Moon Lady (1992) and Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat (1994), which was turned into an animated series airing on PBS. She has also appeared on PBS in a short spot on encouraging children to write. Currently, she is the literary editor for West, Los Angeles Times' Sunday magazine, and did an uncredited rewrite on The Replacement Killers at the request of Mira Sorvino.
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