The Joy Luck Club Novelist is Amy TAN, a Chinese-American author. She is best known for her 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club, which tells the story of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters. TAN has written several other novels, including The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and Saving Fish from Drowning. She has also written two children's books and a collection of non-fiction essays.