Larry Luby was born and raised in Dallas. He earned a BBA in finance from Texas A&M University and is certified in Christian leadership through Every Nation Leadership Institute. He is an ordained minister and has led international mission trips to Africa, South America, and Cuba. He worked in the family restaurant business before joining TGI Fridays where he managed two restaurant concepts in four states. After starting a family, he founded Accent, Inc. a manufacturer of signs and awnings primarily catering to the restaurant industry. Later he opened an executive recruiting company serving the foodservice and healthcare industries. He has written several books and what started as a hobby became a passion and he founded, HIS Publishing Group, working with authors to fulfill their dream from book concept through design and publication. When he is not writing, he provides life skill and spiritual enrichment training to young men at the Dallas Reggie McNeil Detention Center. His loving wife Judy is the joy of his life along with his two sons, daughter in-law and two granddaughters.