| 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when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, titled "The Last Days of Heath Ledger",[8] after reading her unpublished manuscript.[9] She later appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special in 2013.
The Washington Post recognized her New York piece, "Rachel Uchitel is Not a Madam",[10] as one of their top five long reads that stand the test of time.[11]
Taddeo has since received the William Holodnok Fiction Prize and the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction.[12]
She is a two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize, recognized 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]
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..."[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]
| Year | Book | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Three Women | Foyles Books of the Year | Non-Fiction | [23] | |
| 2020 | International Book | [24] | |||
| BookTube Prize | Nonfiction | ||||
| Non-fiction: Narrative | [25] | ||||
| Gordon Burn Prize | — | [26] | |||
| 2021 | Animal | — | [27] | ||
| 2022 | — | [28] |