20th-century american women writers

Amy Tan

American author known for the novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1993 by director Wayne Wang

Dawn Powell

Award-winning novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer

Ruth Reichl

American chef, food writer, co-producer of PBS’s Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS’s Gourmet’s Adventures With Ruth, and the last editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine