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Amy Tan is the author of the bestselling novel The Joy Luck Club, which spent 40 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list after its release. When the novel got adapted into a film in 1993, Tan served as co-producer and co-screenwriter with Ron Bass. Tan wrote five additional novels (all New York Times bestsellers), two memoirs, and several essay collections. Tan has received many honors, including the Commonwealth Gold Award and the Carl Sandburg Literary Award. She currently lives with her husband and dogs in New York and California.