Piper Kerman is an American author and public speaker best known for her memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison. The book recounts her experiences in a federal women's prison after being convicted for her involvement in drug trafficking a decade earlier. Her memoir gained widespread attention and was adapted into a popular television series on Netflix, which further explored themes of incarceration and women's issues. Kerman has since become an advocate for prison reform and has spoken about the challenges faced by incarcerated women.