She spent 13 months in a Danbury, Connecticut women's prison, FCI Danbury. After breaking up with Wolters, Kerman met Larry Smith and got engaged before being charged by the feds in 1998 and striking a deal. As part of her plea bargain, she declared that she made three overseas trips on behalf of the drug ring. Eventually, 24-year-old Kerman flew a suitcase of money from the United States to Belgium for a West African drug lord and was named five years later as part of the drug ring. Chapman's girlfriend in the series, Alex Vause, is based on Wolters, whom Kerman met circa 1991 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Schilling was nominated for awards in both comedy and drama categories for this role.Ī Boston-born Smith College grad, Piper Kerman got involved in a relationship with an international drug smuggler, Catherine Cleary Wolters. The character is based on Piper Kerman, author of the non-fiction book Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, upon which the series is based. Piper Elizabeth Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling) is the protagonist of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman in a promotional poster for Orange Is the New Black You can find information on these events and more at. She speaks frequently around the country about justice reform. Piper is the host of From Where She Stands: The Official OITNB Podcast, which connects storylines from the Netflix series with stories from real women whose lives have been impacted by prison. Piper teaches creative nonfiction writing classes for incarcerated people. She serves on the board of directors of the Women's Prison Association and the advisory boards of the PEN America Writing For Justice Fellowship, JustLeadershipUSA, Healing Broken Circles and InsideOUT Writers. Piper has written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Guardian, Cosmopolitan and other publications. The book has been adapted into an Emmy Award-winning original series for Netflix. Piper is the host of From Where She Stands: The Official OITNB Podcast, which connects storylines from the Piper Kerman is the author of the memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, a #1 New York Times Bestseller.
Piper Kerman is the author of the memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, a #1 New York Times Bestseller.
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