Lisa Taddeo
Lisa Taddeo | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Taddeo in 2019 | |
| Born | January 1980 (age 46) Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (attended) Rutgers University (BA) Boston University (MFA) |
| Spouse | Jackson Waite |
| Children | 1 |
| Writing career | |
| Notable work | Three Women (2019) |
| Notable awards | Pushcart Prize (2017, 2019) British Book Awards (2020) |
| Website | Official website |
Lisa Taddeo is an American author and journalist known for her book Three Women.[1] Taddeo's work has appeared in The Best American Political Writing and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies.[2]
Early life
[edit]Taddeo was raised in the Short Hills section of Millburn, New Jersey,[1] where she attended Millburn High School, graduating in 1998.[3] Her parents are Peter Taddeo, an Italian American doctor, and Pia, a fruit stand cashier from Italy.[4][5][6][7]
Education
[edit]She first attended New York University but transferred to Rutgers University. Taddeo completed her Master of Fine Arts in fiction at Boston University.[8]
Writing
[edit]Early career
[edit]Taddeo was an associate editor at Golf Magazine when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, titled "The Last Days of Heath Ledger",[9] after reading her unpublished manuscript.[10] She later appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special in 2013.[11]
The Washington Post recognized her New York piece, "Rachel Uchitel is Not a Madam",[12] as one of their top five long reads that stand the test of time.[13]
Taddeo has since received the William Holodnok Fiction Prize and the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction.[14]
She is a two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize, recognized for her short stories "42 (2017)", published in the New England Review,[15][16][17] and "Suburban Weekend (2019)", published in Granta.[18]
Later work
[edit]Her book Three Women was released in July 2019 by Simon and Schuster.[19] In June 2020, it won the Narrative Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards.[20]
Taddeo's debut novel, Animal, was published by Avid Reader Press in the summer of 2021 and explores themes of "both sisterhood and female rage..."[21]
Her third book, Ghost Lover, is a collection of nine short stories published in 2022 by Avid Reader Press.[22]
Adaptions
[edit]In July 2019, Showtime announced a series commitment adaptation of Three Women.[23] Taddeo will write and be executive producer of the series.[24] It premiered on Starz in 2024.[25]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Book | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Three Women | Foyles Books of the Year | Non-Fiction | Won | [26] |
| 2020 | Australian Book Industry Awards | International Book | Shortlisted | [27] | |
| BookTube Prize | Nonfiction | Octofinalist | |||
| British Book Awards | Non-fiction: Narrative | Shortlisted | [28] | ||
| Gordon Burn Prize | — | Shortlisted | [29] | ||
| 2021 | Animal | Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | — | Longlisted | [30] |
| 2022 | McKitterick Prize | — | Runner-up | [31] |
Bibliography
[edit]Nonfiction
[edit]- Three Women (2019)
Novel
[edit]- Animal (2021)[21]
Short story collection
[edit]- Ghost Lover (2022)[21]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Dwyer, Kate (July 5, 2019). "A Writer of Three Women's Sex Lives Shares Her Own Journey". The New York Times. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ BEST AMERICAN POLITICAL WRITING 2009 by Royce Flippin | Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ "Academic honors going to 131 seniors", The Item of Millburn and Short Hills, May 4, 1998. Accessed December 27, 2025, via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (September 30, 2016). "My Mother Was a Bright Green Suede Fendi Bag". ELLE. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Births". Martha's Vineyard Times. March 11, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (March 3, 2016). "Rushing Is Unsafe at Any Speed". Vineyard Gazette. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ Bennett, Elizabeth (July 19, 2019). "Three Women Travels to the Heart and Complexity of Desire". Vineyard Gazette. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ "Lisa Taddeo". Granta Magazine. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (April 20, 2009). "Heath Ledger Death - Final Days and Death of Heath Ledger". Esquire. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ↑ Arango, Tim (March 6, 2008). "Esquire Publishes a Diary That Isn't". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ↑ Bailey, Fenton; Barbato, Randy (September 23, 2013),