This afternoon, at the 20th Annual National Convention of the Asian American Journalists Association here in Boston, authors Ed Lin and Henry Chang read excerpts from their recent novels in a panel discussion called Authors Showcase: Asian American Detective Writers.  And how both authors got to where they are, as accomplished writers and engaging storytellers, is no mystery at all.

At the Boston World Trade Center, Gilead Sciences hosted a lunch at the annual Asian American Journalists Association convention called The Hidden Truth: Hepatitis B and the Asian American Community.  While many attendees were drawn in by the promise of free food, it was an informative event presenting some alarming medical facts that still seem to be relatively unknown, or simply not addressed, in many Asian communities:

•    Half of all people in the United States with chronic Hepatitis B are Asian.