Piper Kerman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Piper Kerman
Occupation	Memoirist
Date Of Birth	Sep 28, 1969(1969-09-28)
Age	55
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Virgo

Piper Kerman Biography

Piper Kerman is one of the most popular and richest Memoirist who was born on September 28, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. After being sentenced to a year in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering, she was known as the author of the best-selling prison memoir.

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Kerman was born in Boston into a family with a number of 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, with a paternal grandfather who was Russian-Jewish.

In 1993, Kerman became romantically involved with Catherine Cleary Wolters (Nora Janson in her memoir: Laura Prepon’s character Alex Vause in the series), a heroin dealer working for an alleged Nigerian kingpin. Kerman laundered money for the drug operation.

Her romantic relationship with a drug dealer was the reason she became involved in criminal activity. She was openly bisexual and married Larry Smith, a magazine publisher and author.

Piper Kerman Net Worth

Piper Kerman is one of the richest Memoirist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Piper Kerman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was raised in a wealthy Boston family and attended Smith College in Northampton.

She was awarded the John Jay College Center on Media, Crime & Justice’s prestigious Justice Trailblazer Award in 2014.

Piper Eressea Kerman (born September 28, 1969) is an American author who was indicted in 1998 on charges of felonious money-laundering activities and sentenced to 15 months’ detention in a federal correctional facility, of which she eventually served 13 months. Her memoir of her prison experiences, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, was adapted into the critically acclaimed Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. Since leaving prison, Kerman has spoken widely about women in prison and about her own experiences there. She now works as a communication strategist for non- profit organizations.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Piper Kerman Dating?

According to our records, Piper Kerman married to Larry Smith (m. 2006). As of December 1, 2023, Piper Kerman’s is not dating anyone.

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On February 10, 2014, Kerman received the 2014 Justice Trailblazer Award from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Center on Media, Crime & Justice.

Facts & Trivia

Piper Ranked on the list of most popular Memoirist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Piper Kerman celebrates birthday on September 28 of every year.

On August 4, 2015, Kerman testified at a hearing on “Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons: First-Hand Accounts of Challenges Facing the Federal Prison System” before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chaired by Senator Ron Johnson.

Is Piper Kerman story real?

Interestingly, Piper Chapman is based on a real woman: Piper Kerman. The background for the show came from her 2010 book Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, which, as the name implies, is based on her own time in a real-life penitentiary.

Are Piper Kerman and Larry Smith still married?

The Real-Life Piper and Larry Are Still Together There’s no romantic lesbian twist or hidden love affair with her best friend. In real life, Larry Smith and Piper Kerman are actually very much still together and living (of all places) in Columbus, OH.

What happened to the real Piper Kerman?

Since leaving prison, Kerman has spoken widely about women in prison and problems with the federal prison system. She now works as a communication strategist for non-profit organizations.

Is Alex Vause based on a real person?

The character of Alex Vause is loosely based on Catherine Cleary Wolters , ex-girlfriend of Piper Kerman, the author of Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison and an executive consultant on the series. In Kerman’s memoir, Wolters is given the pseudonym Nora Jansen, who is a marginal character in the book.

Was Poussey Washington real?

Samira Wiley (Poussey Washington) Her character inspired a real-life criminal justice and prison reform GoFundMe, The Poussey Washington Fund, to provide support to a total of eight nonprofit organizations.