Lisa Taddeo | |
Birth Date: | January 1980 |
Birth Place: | Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S. |
Occupation: | Author, journalist |
Education: | Millburn High School |
Alma Mater: | New York University Rutgers University Boston University (MFA) |
Notableworks: | Three Women (2019) |
Spouse: | Jackson Waite |
Children: | 1 |
Awards: | Pushcart Prize 2017, 2019 British Book Awards 2020 |
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]
Taddeo was born in Short Hills, New Jersey. Her parents are Peter Taddeo, an Italian American doctor, and Pia, a fruit stand cashier from Italy.[3] [4] [5] [6]
She first attended New York University but transferred to Rutgers University. Taddeo completed her Master of Fine Arts in fiction at Boston University.[7]
Taddeo was an associate editor at Golf Magazine when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, "The Last Days of Heath Ledger",[8] after reading her unpublished novel.[9]
In 2015 The Washington Post named her New York Magazine piece, "Rachel Uchitel is Not A Madam",[10] one of their top five long reads that stand the test of time.[11]
In 2013 she appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special.
She was awarded the William Holodnok Fiction Prize and the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction.[12]
Taddeo is a two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize, for her short stories "42 (2017)", published in the New England Review,[13] [14] [15] and "Suburban Weekend (2019)", published in Granta.[16]
Her book Three Women was released in July 2019 by Simon and Schuster.[17] In June 2020 it won the narrative non-fiction book of the year at the British Book Awards.[18]
Animal, Taddeo's debut novel, was published by Avid Reader Press in the summer of 2021, and is about "both sisterhood and female rage..."[19]
Her third book, Ghost Lover, is a collection of nine short stories published in 2022 by Avid Reader Press.[20]
In July 2019, Showtime announced a series commitment adaptation of Three Women.[21] Taddeo will write and be executive producer of the series.[22]