Piper Eressea Kerman was born on September 28,1969 and is an American author.
16 Facts About Piper Kerman
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Piper Kerman 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.
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Since leaving prison, Kerman has spoken widely about women in prison and problems with the federal prison system.
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Piper Kerman was born in Boston into a family with a number of attorneys, doctors and educators.
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Piper Kerman graduated from Swampscott High School in Swampscott, Massachusetts, in 1987, and Smith College in 1992.
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Piper Kerman is a self-described WASP; however, she had a paternal grandfather who was Russian-Jewish.
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In 1993, Piper Kerman became romantically involved with Catherine Cleary Wolters, a heroin dealer working for an alleged Nigerian kingpin.
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In 1998, Piper Kerman was indicted for money laundering and drug trafficking and she pled guilty.
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Piper Kerman serves on the board of the Women's Prison Association and is frequently invited to speak to students of creative writing, criminology, gender and women's studies law, and sociology, and to groups, like the American Correctional Association's Disproportionate Minority Confinement Task Force, federal probation officers, public defenders, justice reform advocates and volunteers, book club and formerly and currently incarcerated people.
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Since 2015, Piper Kerman has worked as a communications strategist for nonprofits.
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Since her prison sentence, Piper Kerman has spoken publicly many times on behalf of women in corrections and about her experience.
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Piper Kerman sat two seats to the left of Alex as a convict visited by her husband.
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Piper Kerman makes a cameo appearance in the show's opening credits as the convict who blinks.
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Piper Kerman has said, "I'm bisexual, so I'm a part of the gay community ".
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Piper Kerman came out around the age of 18, and identified herself as a lesbian during most of her youth.
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Piper Kerman was awarded the 'Humanist Heroine of the Year Award' from the 'Humanist Hub' group at Harvard University.