Lisa Taddeo

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Lisa Taddeo
Taddeo in 2019
Taddeo in 2019
BornJanuary 1980 (age 46)
Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, journalist
EducationMillburn High School
Alma materNew York University (transferred)
Rutgers University
Boston University (MFA)
Notable worksThree Women (2019)
Notable awardsPushcart 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]

Early life

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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]

Education

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She first attended New York University but transferred to Rutgers University. Taddeo completed her Master of Fine Arts in fiction at Boston University.[7]

Writing

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Early career

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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when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, titled "The Last Days of Heath Ledger",[8] after reading her unpublished manuscript.[9] She later appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special in 2013.[10]

The Washington Post recognized her New York piece, "Rachel Uchitel is Not a Madam",[11] as one of their top five long reads that stand the test of time.[12]

Taddeo has since received the William Holodnok Fiction Prize and the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction.[13]

She is a two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize, recognized for her short stories "42 (2017)", published in the New England Review,[14][15][16] and "Suburban Weekend (2019)", published in Granta.[17]

Later work

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Her book Three Women was released in July 2019 by Simon and Schuster.[18] In June 2020, it won the Narrative Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards.[19]

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..."[20]

Her third book, Ghost Lover, is a collection of nine short stories published in 2022 by Avid Reader Press.[21]

Adaptions

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In July 2019, Showtime announced a series commitment adaptation of Three Women.[22] Taddeo will write and be executive producer of the series.[23]

Awards

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Year Book Award Category Result Ref
2019 Three Women Foyles Books of the Year Non-Fiction Won [24]
2020 Australian Book Industry Awards International Book Shortlisted [25]
BookTube Prize Nonfiction Octofinalist
British Book Awards Non-fiction: Narrative Shortlisted [26]
Gordon Burn Prize — Shortlisted [27]
2021 Animal Center for Fiction First Novel Prize — Longlisted [28]
2022 McKitterick Prize — Runner-up [29]

Bibliography

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Nonfiction

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Novel

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Short story collection

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  • Ghost Lover (2022)[20]

References

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