A two-time Emmy Award-winning writer and producer, Ms. Peltier won her first Emmy for educational programming at the age of 23. Since then, she has accumulated over 50 national and international awards and accolades for her work as a producer, writer, and director of television and film. She was director and co-writer (with her mentor, Oscar and 16x Emmy Award winner Arnold Shapiro) of the primetime documentary special, "Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse", hosted by Oprah Winfrey, earning Ms. Peltier the coveted Humanitas Prize. Following was the Peabody Award-winning "Break the Silence: Kids Against Child Abuse”. In 1994, she was producer-director-writer of A&E’s four-hour mini-series "Titanic: Death of a Dream" and "Titanic: The Legend Lives On", then the network’s highest-rated program ever, which won two National Emmy Awards. Three Writer’s Guild of America nominations for documentary writing followed, as well as four primetime Emmy Nominations as an executive producer of National Geographic Channel’s "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan” Currently she is executive producer, writer & director of the feature documentary, “The Game Is Up:  Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories”, and recently, consulted on and co-produced several other award-winning social issue documentaries.

Peltier’s dramatic TV and film credits include writing the Lifetime movie "Nightwaves" and "The Collector" for CBS’ series, "Ghost Whisperer"  and co-executive producer of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” With partner John Gray, she produced the feature "White Irish Drinkers" and the festival-winning shorts, “The Desecrated”, “Extra Innings,” “Household Demons” and “Exit Package.”  She’s also the co-author of eight non-fiction works: including five NYT bestsellers with 'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan, and one novel, “Reality Boulevard”, a Kirkus “Best of 2013” selection. Peltier grew up in Massachusetts and graduated Phi Beta Kappa/ cum laude from Pomona College in Claremont, CA. She lives in Nyack NY, NYC & Cape Cod with her husband and their rescue dogs, Frannie & Ziggy.