Amy Chua is an American lawyer, author, and professor known for her work in law and her writings on culture and parenting. She gained widespread attention with her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, published in 2011, which discusses her strict parenting style and contrasts it with Western approaches to raising children. Chua is a professor at Yale Law School, where she teaches subjects such as international business transactions and law. In addition to her parenting book, she has written other works, including Day of Empire, which explores the rise and fall of empires throughout history.