Peller's past includes climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, racing motorcycles, and working as a Gestalt Art Therapist. She is a psychologist and corporate consultant. She is the author of several books, including Crisis Proof Your Career, Career Tune Up, Shopping Lessons and the novel Searching for the G Spot. Since the attack, Peller has returned to the artistic life. She exhibits her mixed media paintings in galleries in Marin County, California, where she lives with her husband and cat. She also teaches a bi-weekly creative writing workshop and a class on mixed media and collage at O'Hanlon Center for the Arts. She still swims, but only in swimming pools and other places where there are no sharks. www.pellermarion.com
