Maxine Hong Kingston(1940—)(Born October 27,1940 is a Chinese American writer. She is the first of six children born to a laudry house owner in Stockton, California. She is currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of Califonia, Berkeley where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962. Her works often reflect on her cultural heritage and blend fiction with non-fiction. Among her works are The Woman Warrior(1976), awarded the National Book Critics Award for Nonfiction, and China Men(1980), given the same award. She has written one novel, Tripmaster Monkey, a story depicting a character based on the mythical Chinese character Sun Wu Kong.

汤亭亭（1940—）是华裔作家。她出生于1940年10月27日。她是家中6个孩子中的长女，他们家在加利福利亚斯托克顿市开了一家洗衣店。她1962年毕业于加利福利亚伯克利分校，现为其荣誉教授。她的作品通常反映了中国文化的影响，并且在小说中融合了非小说元素。她于1976年发表的《女勇士》，获国家图书评论奖，1980年的《中国佬》也获得此殊荣。她的另一部小说《孙行者》以中国神话人物孙悟空为原型。

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Amog Ghost was written by Maxine Hong Kingston in 1976. It is semi-autobiographical, incorporating many elements of fiction. In any case, her work stands as an example of postmodernism in American Literature.

《女勇士：生活在群鬼的女孩的回忆录》是汤亭亭1976年发表的作品。它是一部半自传体的小说，书中结合了小说许多元素。这部小说成为美国文学后现代主义的典范。