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[From The Norton Introduction to Literature]

(b. 1952)

Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California, just two and a half years after her parents immigrated from China. She received her M.A. in linguistics from San Jose State University and has worked on programs for disabled children and as a freelance writer. In 1987, she visited China for the first time—“As soon as my feet touched China, I became Chinese”— and returned to write her first book, The Joy Luck Club (1989).Tan has since published three more novels—The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), The Hundred Secret Senses (1995), and The Bonesetter's Daughter (2000)—and has co-authored two children's books. Her first book of nonfiction, The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (2003), explores lucky accidents, choice, and memory. Tan is also the lead singer for the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band made up of fellow writers, including Stephen King and Dave Barry; they make appearances at benefits that support literacy programs for children.

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