Tan, Amy

1952 – She was born on the 19th day of February this year in Oakland, California to Chinese immigrants John (a Baptist minister) and Daisy (a Shanghai nurse).

1974 – She has been married to Louis DeMattei since this year. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area with their pets.

1992 – She has written two children's books: The Moon Lady in this year.

1993 – Her 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.

1994 – She also wrote The Chinese Siamese Cat, which was turned into an animated series airing on PBS.

1999 – Since this year, she has been suffering from neurological Lyme disease, a struggle she has chronicled on her website and in interviews with the media.