Duke TateDuke Tate was born in Flowood, Mississippi in 1980 to Ken and Charme Tate. He is married to the lovely Wiphawan Tate and the couple have two sons, Chirayu and Phiraphat. The author of 12 books in 4 languages, his book The Alchemy of Architecture: Memories and Insights from Ken Tate was released in 2020 and selected for The Times Literary Supplement's 2020 Books of the Year List. It has also been featured in Mississippi Magazine's Heritage & Culture section, The Clarion Ledger and The What We Are Reading Today section of the mass circulated Arab News. Selected by Amazon as a "Great on Kindle" book, it is a #1 Bestseller in the Architectural Firm category, and has reached #1 in three additional categories. Duke attended high school at the Kent School, located in the lush Housatonic valley of Connecticut. His constant essay writing in his English classes there eventually shaped him into the writer he is now. Duke penned his first novel, The Opaque Stones, in 2014. After many subsequent edits, it has since been re-released as The Pearlmakers Trilogy. He has since gone on to to write three books about his time studying under Sufi masters in The Tradition, called the My Big Journey series. He has also written two fantasy adventure novellas in his Big John series. He likes to write about magical realism, life, spirituality, and health. He lives in Thailand for part of the year with his amazing wife, their sons, and their dog, Sugar. Read More Read Less