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A Short Biography of Amy Tan

Author Name:

Amy Tan

Born As:

also An-mei Tan

Other Names:

Amy Tan

Born:

1952

Died:





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Novelist                          
Selected Works:

The Joy Luck Club - 1989
The Kitchen God's Wife - 1991
The Hundred Secret Senses - 1995
The Bonesetter's Daughter - 2001
Saving Fish from Drowning - 2005

Non-Fiction:

Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Cords and an Attitude - 1994 - with Dave Barry, Stephen King

Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver
Mother - 1996 - with Maya Angelou, Mary Higgins Clark
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings - 2003.                          
Mother Daisy Tan
Father John Tan.
Daisy Tan, was forced to leave her daughters from a previous marriage behind in Shanghai. This event provided the basis for The Kitchen God's Wife.[                          
Finalist National Book Award
Finalist National Book Critics Circle Award
Finalist Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize
Bay Area Book Reviewers Award
Commonwealth Gold Award
American Library Association's Notable Books
American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults
Selected for the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read
New York Times Notable Book
Booklist Editors Choice
Finalist for the Orange Prize
Nominated for the Orange Prize
Nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Audie Award: Best Non-fiction, Abridged
Emmy Award
Parents' Choice Award, Best Television Program for Children
Shortlisted British Academy of Film and Television Arts award, best screenplay adaptation
Shortlisted WGA Award, best screenplay adaptation
Grammy Award