Amy Lynn Chua (Chinese: 蔡美儿), also known as "the Tiger Mom", is an American corporate lawyer, legal scholar, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School with expertise in international business transactions, law and development, ethnic conflict, and globalization. After earning her degrees at Harvard College and Harvard Law School, she joined the Yale faculty in 2001 following her tenure at Duke Law School. Before her teaching career, she was a corporate law associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.

Chua is renowned for her parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. In 2011, she was recognized as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people, one of The Atlantic's Brave Thinkers, and one of Foreign Policy's Global Thinkers. She has authored several acclaimed books, including "World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability" and "The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America".

Amy Chua has appeared on prominent television programs and contributed writings to major publications such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. She lives in New Haven and New York City with her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, and her two daughters, Sophia and Lulu.