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Take an exciting journey with professional stuntwoman, Diane Peterson, into the amazing world of action stunts, adventure, joy, heartbreak, injury, death, and her uncanny desire to overcome her fears and follow her dreams. Diane has been a professional stuntwoman for over forty years. She has worked on over two hundred movies and television shows including Titanic, Laundromat, Green Hornet, Batman Forever, Marked for Death, Out for Justice, Robocop II, Airplane, and many, many others. Television shows she has worked on include Walker, Texas Ranger, Fall Guy, Mac- Gyver, Magnum P.I., and many others. Diane has film credits as double for: Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, Faye Dunaway, Diane Keaton, Heather Locklear, Heather Thomas, Farrah Fawcett, Michele Pfeiffer, Kate Capshaw, and hundreds of other actresses. Diane encourages all to overcome your fears and follow your dreams! Sit back and enjoy the ride! 

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Hollywood Stuntwoman is an exuberant memoir by a gifted storyteller who joyfully ran, rode, fought, and drove her way into a male profession. -- Carolyn Hunter, PhD Finally, a book that tells what it was like starting out as a stuntwoman in a stuntman's world. Diane Peterson managed to draw me into her exciting life. What a journey through Hollywood she has had! I enjoyed living the journey with her.Great read. A real page turner! -- Babe Watts * Realtor, Multi-Million Dollar Producer * I have been a longtime friend of and fellow stunt performer with Diane Peterson for more than forty years. Besides being a terrific stuntwoman and trendsetter, she is always ready with a smile and speaks her mind with clarity and straightforwardness. Her book, Hollywood Stuntwoman, is warm, forthright, and to the point. A very good read! -- Conrad Palmisano * stunt performer, The Naked Gun, Batman Forever, Lethal Weapon 4 * This story is many things. It is exciting, interesting, true, and also a self-help book. As one exciting event or disappointment makes us want to turn the page into the next chapter, we are led to use Diane's life lessons as a way to help ourselves. Thank you for that, Diane. -- Rick Johnson * Actor * An exciting read that I couldn't put down. Honestly recounted and inspirationally written. Diane overcomes physical and personal struggles to rise to a successful stunt career and beyond. -- Dana Dru Evenson * Stuntwoman *

Hollywood Stuntwoman is an exuberant memoir by a gifted storyteller who joyfully ran, rode, fought, and drove her way into a male profession. -- Carolyn Hunter, PhD Finally, a book that tells what it was like starting out as a stuntwoman in a stuntman's world. Diane Peterson managed to draw me into her exciting life. What a journey through Hollywood she has had! I enjoyed living the journey with her.Great read. A real page turner! -- Babe Watts * Realtor, Multi-Million Dollar Producer *

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