The Fulfillment of Promises Made: The Personal Journey of an American Orphan in China in Time of War

Yulin Yao is a native of China. He received his MD from the National Defense Medical Center in Taipei, Taiwan. He immigrated to New York City where he completed his postdoctoral training in internal medicine. He served at the U.S. Air Force Medical Center on Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines and was medical director for the Geriatric Unit at the Coatesville VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania. He practiced medicine in Kingston, New York, for twenty-five years where he also served as chair of the Medical Department at Benedictine Hospital. He loves to write and has many published short novels to his credit. He started his writing career in Taiwan during his college years, using the income to help pay his tuition. In 2006 and 2008, he won prizes for four short novels written in Chinese.