At seventeen years she was expelled from the University of Maine at Fort Kent for breaking curfew and pulling a fire alarm.
[1] She returned to her alma mater long enough to graduate with a baccalaureate before departing to Nashville in pursuit of a career as a songwriter.
Pelletier moved to Tennessee where she met the country music star Jim Glaser.
She then married European-born hotel manager, Tom Viorikic, three months after they met in Canada.
[3] In addition to her literary triumphs, she has had songs recorded by David Byrne, Texas Tornados, Glaser Brothers.