"Bill" Brugman is married, lives in Southern California with his wife Ellen, and is the father of four daughters.  He also has three grandchildren.  He is the president of an industrial construction company and prior to that was in business for 30 years as a property manager and general contractor.

A 180 degree shift in his priorities about 13 years ago and the evidence that we live in a designed universe sparked him to write Beyond A Shadow.

He presents his premise as a valid “belief” and is adamant that such beliefs are not an elitist possession. Put another way, he thinks that simply by being a member of the human race, one is inherently qualified to know, understand and act upon information affecting his or her ultimate destiny.  He also believes that, regardless of our status in society, we have the innate capacity to pass “God knowledge”, if we really have it, to our kin and brethren and that the very nature of ultimate “truth” is what makes this so. In other words, truth is meant for all of us. 

 He wrote this book because he hopes that as an ordinary man he can relay a simple message to ordinary men and women who might think that science and theology are subjects reserved for scientists and theologians.