From real-life history to thrilling fiction, Larry W. Duke is an author who brings stories to life in a way that captivates readers of all ages. His diverse background in music, filmmaking, and technology adds authenticity and depth to every tale he tells.

Larry W. Duke is a Nashville-based author, music producer, filmmaker, technology professional, and multimedia storyteller whose career has moved through music, information technology, security, film, historical research, and fiction writing. His creative foundation began with music, leading him from Mt. Juliet High School into studies that included music performance, mass media, recording industry management, computer science, business law, and health informatics. That unusual combination of artistic and technical training helped shape a career defined by both imagination and precision. 

Professionally, Duke built an extensive background in information technology, cybersecurity, systems management, project leadership, and classified information management. His career includes leadership and technical roles with organizations such as Ingram Book Company, United Methodist Publishing House, ClientLogic, Vanderbilt Management Services, Rockwell Collins, SETECH, Dell Computer Technologies, General Dynamics Land Systems–Force Protection, Miraca Life Sciences, DUKE Immersive Media, and Cumberland Soundworks & Studios. These roles gave him experience in software development, network security, technology operations, organizational strategy, and executive-level media production. 

Alongside his technology career, Duke developed a strong creative presence in film, television, and internet media. His filmography includes work as an executive producer and host on Bibles, Beliefs, and Blessings and The First Amendment, writing and hosting work on Tennessee Ghost Hunters, editing credits on Race2Replace and Why Men Cheat, and additional crew work on episodes of The Walking Dead. This background in visual storytelling, production, and documentary-style media helped strengthen his ability to build atmosphere, pacing, and suspense in his later writing. 

As an author, Larry W. Duke writes across several genres, including historical nonfiction, paranormal research, genealogy, religious history, gothic horror, mystery, and supernatural suspense. His Central State Psychiatric Hospital series explores the history, memories, tragedies, and ghost stories surrounding one of Middle Tennessee’s most haunting institutions. His Hollow Manor Mysteries series blends music, cursed instruments, haunted spaces, and supernatural danger, beginning with The Echoes of the Cursed Keys and continuing through The Devil’s Trumpet and The Timeless Violin. He has also written Duke Family History: Haplogroup I(M170) Group 2 and Beyond Genesis: The Forgotten Books of Faith, expanding his work into genealogy, heritage, and ancient religious texts. 

With Maestro, his latest masterpiece, Duke continues his movement into dark, cinematic fiction. The novel combines crime, horror, mystery, music, and supernatural suspense in a story built around disappearing children, impossible rooms, an aging conductor, and the chilling question of whether evil can hide inside beauty itself. Across his body of work, Larry W. Duke’s career reflects a rare combination of musician, technologist, historian, filmmaker, and novelist—an author whose stories are shaped by research, atmosphere, technical knowledge, personal conviction, and a lifelong fascination with the mysterious spaces between history, faith, music, and fear.

Whether you're a history buff, mystery lover, paranormal enthusiast, or music aficionado, Larry W. Duke has something for you. His books are available exclusively at www.barnesandnoble.com where adventure, history, and the supernatural collide!