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 lifeTaddeo 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]
EducationShe first attended New York University but transferred to Rutgers University. Taddeo completed her Master of Fine Arts in fiction at Boston University.[7]
WritingEarly 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when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, titled "The Last Days of Heath Ledger",[8] after reading her unpublished manuscript.[9] She later appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special in 2013.[10]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
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]
AdaptionsIn July 2019, Showtime announced a series commitment adaptation of Three Women.[22] Taddeo will write and be executive producer of the series.[23]
Awards| 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] |
Nonfiction
- Three Women (2019)
Novel
- Animal (2021)[20]
Short story collection
- Ghost Lover (2022)[20]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Taddeo, Lisa (2016-09-30). "My Mother Was a Bright Green Suede Fendi Bag". ELLE. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ "Births". Martha's Vineyard Times. March 11, 2015. Retrieved 17 December 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 2017-11-05.
- ^ Taddeo, Lisa (Apr 20, 2009). "Heath Ledger Death - Final Days and Death of Heath Ledger". Esquire. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Arango, Tim (2008-03-06). "Esquire Publishes a Diary That Isn't". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ Bailey, Fenton; Barbato, Randy (2013-09-23), Esquire 80th Anniversary Special, Julie Marcus, Lisa Taddeo, retrieved 2017-11-05
- ^ Taddeo, Lisa (April 12, 2010). "Rachel Uchitel Is Not a Madam". NYMag.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Opinion | Five long reads that stand the test of time". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ "2017 Award Winners | Women's Guild". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ Taddeo, Lisa (April 2, 2015). "Forty-Two". New England Review. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "NER Selections Included in Pushcart Prize XLI". New England Review. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ "Lisa Taddeo wins Pushcart Prize | BU Creative Writing". blogs.bu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ "Granta on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ Taddeo, Lisa (9 July 2019). Amazon. ISBN 9781451642292.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2020-06-30). "Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ^ a b c "Interviews Written : Journalist Lisa Taddeo Examines What Women Desire : Authorlink". Authorlink - Writers and Readers Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lisa Taddeo Bringing Her Bestseller "Three Women" to Showtime". womenandhollywood.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2019-07-25). "'Three Women' Drama From Lisa Taddeo Based On Her Book Gets Showtime Series Commitment". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Foyles reveals Books of the Year 2019". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ W, Sally (2020-04-27). "ABIA 2020 Shortlist Announced". ABIA. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "British Book Awards 2020: Books of the Year shortlists revealed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Peter Pomerantsev wins the Gordon Burn Prize 2020" (PDF).
- ^ "2021 First Novel Prize". The Center for Fiction. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "McKitterick Prize - The Society of Authors". 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
