But then, some years later, there was a knock on your door. And then you extricated yourself from that relationship and that life. KERMAN: I have no claims of innocence on this. SAGAL: And, just to be clear, you knew this was not, like, legit. KERMAN: She asked me to carry a bag of money from Chicago to Brussels. And you had a friend who asked you to do this errand of bringing some money, which was ill-gotten. You were a young woman living, as we say, fancy free. SAGAL: And I feel - I mean, I of course believe that everybody knows your story but maybe not, so let's go through it briefly. And yeah, I've been living here in Ohio for almost five years. By the way, is it all right that we tell people that you're here in Ohio? Are you still on the run? I mean, I don't know what your status is. She now spends more time in prison here in Ohio teaching writing to inmates. But you know all that because she wrote a book about her experience called "Orange Is The New Black," which was adapted into the hit Netflix series. She ended up serving a year in a women's prison. Piper Kerman was a happy-go-lucky young woman when she just happened to happily go to Europe with some drug money and got unlucky. And now the game where we ask people who've been through a lot to go through something else. 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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