Lisa Taddeo

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Lisa Taddeo
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Taddeo in 2019
BornJanuary 1980 (age 46)
Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, journalist
Education Millburn High School
Alma mater New York University (transferred)
Rutgers University
Boston University (MFA)
Notable works Three Women (2019)
Notable awards Pushcart Prize 2017, 2019 British Book Awards 2020
SpouseJackson Waite
Children1
Website
www.lisataddeo.com

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]

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Early life

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

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

Early career

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when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire , titled "The Last Days of Heath Ledger", [9] after reading her unpublished manuscript.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

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

In July 2019, Showtime announced a series commitment adaptation of Three Women. [23] Taddeo will write and be executive producer of the series. [24]

Awards

YearBookAwardCategoryResultRef
2019 Three Women Foyles Books of the Year Non-FictionWon [25]
2020 Australian Book Industry Awards International BookShortlisted [26]
BookTube PrizeNonfictionOctofinalist
British Book Awards Non-fiction: NarrativeShortlisted [27]
Gordon Burn Prize —Shortlisted [28]
2021Animal Center for Fiction First Novel Prize —Longlisted [29]
2022 McKitterick Prize —Runner-up [30]

Bibliography

Nonfiction

Novel

Short story collection

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ BEST AMERICAN POLITICAL WRITING 2009 by Royce Flippin | Kirkus Reviews.
  3. ↑ "Academic honors going to 131 seniors", The Item of Millburn and Short Hills, May 4, 1998. Accessed December 27, 2025, via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (September 30, 2016). "My Mother Was a Bright Green Suede Fendi Bag". ELLE. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Births". Martha's Vineyard Times. March 11, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  6. ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (March 3, 2016). "Rushing Is Unsafe at Any Speed". Vineyard Gazette . Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ Bennett, Elizabeth (July 19, 2019). "Three Women Travels to the Heart and Complexity of Desire". Vineyard Gazette . Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Lisa Taddeo". Granta Magazine. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  9. ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (April 20, 2009). "Heath Ledger Death - Final Days and Death of Heath Ledger". Esquire. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  10. ↑ Arango, Tim (March 6, 2008). "Esquire Publishes a Diary That Isn't". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  11. ↑ Bailey, Fenton; Barbato, Randy (September 23, 2013), Esquire 80th Anniversary Special, Julie Marcus, Lisa Taddeo, retrieved November 5, 2017
  12. ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (April 12, 2010). "Rachel Uchitel Is Not a Madam". NYMag.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Opinion | Five long reads that stand the test of time". Washington Post. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  14. ↑ "2017 Award Winners | Women's Guild". www.bu.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  15. ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (April 2, 2015). "Forty-Two". New England Review. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  16. ↑ "NER Selections Included in Pushcart Prize XLI". New England Review. November 18, 2016. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Lisa Taddeo wins Pushcart Prize | BU Creative Writing". blogs.bu.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Granta on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  19. ↑ Taddeo, Lisa (July 9, 2019). Amazon. ISBN   9781451642292.
  20. ↑ Flood, Alison (June 30, 2020). "Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards". The Guardian. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  21. 1 2 3 "Interviews Written : Journalist Lisa Taddeo Examines What Women Desire : Authorlink". Authorlink - Writers and Readers Magazine. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  22. ↑ Longman, Molly (June 14, 2022). "Lisa Taddeo Wrote A Book For Folks Who Haven't Had Their Happy Ending Yet". Refinery29. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Lisa Taddeo Bringing Her Bestseller "Three Women" to Showtime". womenandhollywood.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  24. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (July 25, 2019). "'Three Women' Drama From Lisa Taddeo Based On Her Book Gets Showtime Series Commitment". Deadline. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  25. ↑ "Foyles reveals Books of the Year 2019". The Bookseller. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  26. ↑ W, Sally (April 27, 2020). "ABIA 2020 Shortlist Announced". ABIA. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  27. ↑ "British Book Awards 2020: Books of the Year shortlists revealed". The Bookseller. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  28. ↑ "Peter Pomerantsev wins the Gordon Burn Prize 2020" (PDF).
  29. ↑ "2021 First Novel Prize". The Center for Fiction. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  30. ↑ "McKitterick Prize - The Society of Authors". May 8, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
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