Genre Fiction Latest book Saving Fish from Drowning Born Oakland, California Lives San Francisco and New York Other Works The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate Other jobs Switchboard operator; waiter at a drive-in restaurant; pizza slinger; language consultant working with disabled children; associate publisher of a medical newsletter Family Husband Lou DeMattei and Yorkshire terriers Bubba and Lilli Next project An opera based on The Bonesetter's Daughter in collaboration with composer Stuart Wallace What the papers say 'Amy Tan ... has a wonderful eye for what is telling, a fine ear for dialogue ... and a straightforward way of writing.' - The New York Times Favourite books Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 'A favourite for many reasons, but especially language.' Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte 'A sentimental favourite from childhood.' Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich 'A moving evocation of the ties that bind people together.' Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 'No one mixes fantasy with reality as expertly as Garcia-Marquez.' The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 'I love the idea of telling the stories of 12 people travelling together on a journey.'