Amy Lynn Chua (Chinese: 蔡美儿; born October 26, 1962), also known as "the Tiger Mom",[2][3][4] is an American legal scholar, corporate lawyer, and writer.

[7] She subsequently converted to Catholicism in high school and graduated from the University of Santo Tomas, with a degree in chemical engineering, summa cum laude.

[17][18] After law school, Chua clerked for Chief Judge Patricia M. Wald of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C.

[19] Her first book, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability (2003), explores the ethnic conflict caused in many societies by disproportionate economic and political influence of "market dominant minorities" and the resulting resentment in the less affluent majority.

World on Fire, which was a New York Times bestseller, selected by The Economist as one of the Best Books of 2003,[20] and named by Tony Giddens in The Guardian as one of the "Top Political Reads of 2003",[21] examines how globalization and democratization since 1989 have affected the relationship between market-dominant minorities and the wider population.

[22] Despite being sometimes interpreted as a how-to manual for parenting, the book has been critically viewed as an account "of how children can become rebellious and alienated when one-size-fits-all education philosophies are applied, regardless of their personality or aptitudes.

[26] The uproar provoked by the book included death threats and racial slurs directed at Chua, and calls for her arrest on child-abuse charges.

She persuaded him to write his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, which became a New York Times bestseller and a film starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close.

[27][28] Her fourth book, co-written with husband Jed Rubenfeld,[29] is The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America (published in February 2014).

"[31] Emma Brockes, writing in The Guardian, commended the book for "draw[ing] on eye-opening studies of the influence of stereotypes and expectations on various ethnic and cultural groups ...

"[32] However, The Guardian also published a satirical review-cum-summary written by John Crace, who used one of the Triple Package traits—impulse control—to tell potential readers to "resist this book.

David Frum, writing for The New York Times, praised Chua for her willingness to approach "the no-go areas around which others usually tiptoe.

[41] Amy Chua published the article "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" on January 8, 2011, discussing the differences between Western and Asian American parenting styles.

Giving examples from her childhood, Chua explains a particular belief housed by Chinese immigrant parents—you receive satisfaction only when you have had success.

[43] In 2018, HuffPost and The Guardian alleged that Chua had advised female students to dress "outgoing" when seeking employment.

[7] Chua drew consternation after appearing to help her daughter Sophia secure a highly-coveted clerkship with newly-minted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Some include The Today Show, Good Morning America, The View, Charlie Rose, and Real Time with Bill Maher.