Ralph Insinger, a retired architect has a son and two granddaughters. He grew up in a rural environment in central Missouri, proceeding then to college for architecture studies, that later afforded him the opportunity to become one of the architectural designers of the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Beyond Beyond is his first experience writing a book. Between designing a building or writing a book, he is uncertain which is more formidable. Ralph spends summers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and winters in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with the extraordinary Roz.