Piper Kerman
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Kerman at the University of Missouri in 2014
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Piper Eressea Kerman September 28, 1969 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
| Occupation | Writer, author, memoirist |
| Notable work | Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison |
| Spouse(s) | Larry Smith (m. 2006) |
| Website | piperkerman |
Piper Eressea Kerman (born September 28, 1969) is an American memoirist convicted of felony money-laundering charges; her memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison about her experiences in prison was adapted into the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.
Kerman was born in Boston into a family with many attorneys, doctors, and educators. She graduated from Swampscott High School in Swampscott, Massachusetts in 1987, and Smith College in 1992. She is a self-described WASP (although her paternal grandfather was Russian Jewish).
In 1993, Kerman became romantically involved with Catherine Cleary Wolters, a heroin dealer working for an alleged Nigerian kingpin. Kerman laundered money for the drug operation.
In 1998, Kerman was indicted for money laundering and drug trafficking; she subsequently pleaded guilty. Beginning in 2004, she served 13 months of a 15-month sentence at FCI Danbury, a minimum security prison located in Danbury, Connecticut.
During her sentence, the website "The Pipe Bomb" was set up to document her life behind bars.
Kerman published her best-selling memoir about her experiences in prison, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, with Spiegel & Grau in 2010. A television adaptation of the same name created by Jenji Kohan, the Emmy award-winning creator of Weeds, debuted on July 11, 2013 on Netflix. Kerman's character in the series ("Piper Chapman") is played by Taylor Schilling. The series was renewed for a fourth season on April 15, 2015, before the third season premiered on June 11, 2015.
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