Warning: the following post contains spoilers for the final season of Orange Is the New Black. During the final episode of season seven, "Here's Where We Get Off," we flash forward to see Piper ...

Orange Is the New Black takes its story from the real life experiences of Piper Kerman, whose memoir, also titled Orange Is the New Black, recalls her time spent in a federal women’s prison for drug ...

Piper Kerman is the author of “Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison.” In 2005, I walked out of a federal prison after serving my 13-month sentence for a first-time drug offense I had ...

Taylor Schilling plays Piper in Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, which is based on Piper Kerman's memoir of her year in prison. (Netflix) ...

A design firm breaks out of television prison with close-ups of real women and former inmates for the Netflix hit. Move Over, Dove. “Orange Is The New Black” Celebrates Real Women A design firm breaks ...

Many people love the Netflix TV show "Orange Is The New Black." But they may not know it's based on the experience of a real person, Piper Kerman, who really did serve a year in a women's prison. BILL ...

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COLUMBIA - More than a thousand people packed into Jesse Auditorium Thursday night to hear Piper Kerman share her story of the 15-months she spent behind bars. The author of "Orange is the New Black: ...

Piper Kerman's former friend and lover is set to release her own memoir about prison life and the events leading up to her arrest By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast The book, titled Out of ...

An unusual mix of social justice advocates and Netflix binge-watchers gathered in Gasson 100 last February to hear Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black and inspiration for the TV series of ...

Taylor Schilling plays Piper in Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, which is based on Piper Kerman's memoir of her year in prison. Piper Kerman was a 24-year-old Smith College graduate in 1993, when ...

Before Piper Kerman began her 15-month sentence for money laundering, she set up a website called The Pipe Bomb. In the FAQ portion of this very mid-'00s website, Kerman answers all pressing questions ...