Amy Tan is the author of five critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling novels. Her first novel, `The Joy Luck Club , was nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a recipient of the Commonwealth Gold Award. `The Joy Luck Club was also adapted into a feature film in 1994. Her subsequent novels are `The Kitchen God s Wife , `The Hundred Secret Senses , and `The Bonesetter s Daughter and `Saving Fish from Drowning . She lives in San Francisco and New York.
