<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Larry Smith (m . 2006) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> piperkerman.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Piper Eressea Kerman (born September 28, 1969) is an American memoirist convicted of felony money - laundering charges; her memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison about her experiences in prison was adapted into the critically acclaimed Netflix original comedy - drama series Orange Is the New Black . </P> <P> Kerman was born in Boston into a family with many 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 (although her paternal grandfather was Russian Jewish). </P>

Author of book orange is the new black