Piper Kerman

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Piper Kerman is an American memoirist best known for her book "Orange Is the New Black," which inspired the hit Netflix television series about her experiences in a women’s prison.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
human
memoirist
prison reform advocate
advocatesFor alternatives to incarceration
reform of women’s prisons
basedOnExperienceOf incarceration in a federal women’s prison
convictedOf drug trafficking–related offense
money laundering
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1969-09-28
educatedAt Smith College
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Kerman
fieldOfWork criminal justice
prison conditions
genre memoir
non-fiction
givenName Piper
hasLivedIn City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

New York City
hasRole consultant on Orange Is the New Black (TV series)
hasWebsite https://piperkerman.com/
hasWrittenWork Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
surface form: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison
inspiredWork Orange Is the New Black
surface form: Orange Is the New Black (TV series)
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Smith College
surface form: Smith College alumnae community
movement criminal justice reform
prison reform
name Piper Kerman self-link
notableActivity advocacy for the rights of incarcerated women
public lectures on mass incarceration
notableFor inspiring the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
notableIdea humanizing incarcerated women through storytelling
notableWork Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
surface form: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison
occupation memoirist
public speaker
writer
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
publicationDateOfNotableWork 2010
publisherOfNotableWork Spiegel & Grau
residence Ohio
surface form: Ohio, United States
sexOrGender female
speaks English
spouse Larry Smith
subjectOf Orange Is the New Black
surface form: Orange Is the New Black (TV series)

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