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Neville was born in Southampton, England and has lived most of his life by the sea. Neville studied graphic arts and advertising, holding degrees from both Parsons School of Design in New York City and Portsmouth College of Art and Design. In 1994, whilst backpacking around the world, Neville sailed from Australia to Italy and chronicled his voyage in Dream Time, a book published by Vanguard Press in 2002. In 1997 Neville founded i&D, an international Davey award-winning advertising and design studio in New York, and continues to work remotely from Dream Time.
Catherine was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and after working as a nanny in England and Europe, and spending time as an army reservist in the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps., came to the United States to work as a nanny for a Hollywood movie star, a position requiring her to have a concealed weapons license and to carry a firearm. After moving to New York Catherine took real estate courses at NYU and worked in corporate real estate for Bertelsmann Inc. and Random House.
Neville and Catherine met in England in 1990 and married in New York City. They purchased Dream Time in 2000, and to prepare for their world circumnavigation, which they began in 2007, they sailed twice from New York to Bermuda and cruised extensively in the Long Island and Block Island Sounds. Neville and Catherine are both licensed US Coast Guard captains. |
