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  <name><![CDATA[Amy Tan]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: Tán Ēnměi; born February 19, 1952) is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and what it means to grow up as a first generation Asian American. In 1993, Tan's adaptation of her most popular fiction work, The Joy Luck Club, became a commercially successful film.

She 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.

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  <title><![CDATA[The Joy Luck Club]]></title>
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  <published>1985</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Bonesetter's Daughter]]></title>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Kitchen God's Wife]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Hundred Secret Senses]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amy Tan]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Moon Lady (Aladdin Picture Books)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amy Tan]]></name>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Best American Short Stories 1999 (The Best American Series)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Katrina Kenison]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat]]></title>
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Amy Tan Collection: The Joy Luck Club / The Kitchen God's Wife]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amy Tan]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.85</average_rating>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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