Rules for Virgins (6 page)

Amy Tan
is the author of the bestselling novels
The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter
, and
Saving Fish from Drowning
as well as
The Opposite of Fate
, a memoir. She has also written two children’s books,
The Moon Lady
and
Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat
. Her work has been adapted for film, television, theater, and opera, and she serves as lead rhythm dominatrix, backup singer, and second tambourine with
the literary garage band, the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose members include Stephen King, Dave Barry, and Scott Turow. The band’s performances have raised over a million dollars for literacy programs. She is at work on a new novel,
The Valley of Amazement
, to be published by Ecco in the fall of 2012.

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