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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

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

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

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Magazine when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, "The Last Days of Heath Ledger",[8] after reading her unpublished novel.[9]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.[12]

She was awarded the William Holodnok Fiction Prize and the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction.[13]

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

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]

Animal, Taddeo's debut novel, was published by Avid Reader Press in the summer of 2021, and is about "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]

Television

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

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ Taddeo, Lisa (2016-09-30). "My Mother Was a Bright Green Suede Fendi Bag". ELLE. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  4. ^ "Births". Martha's Vineyard Times. March 11, 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ Taddeo, Lisa (March 3, 2016). "Rushing Is Unsafe at Any Speed". Vineyard Gazette. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Bennett, Elizabeth (July 19, 2019). "Three Women Travels to the Heart and Complexity of Desire". Vineyard Gazette. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "Lisa Taddeo". Granta Magazine. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  8. ^ Taddeo, Lisa (October 11, 2017). "Heath Ledger Death - Final Days and Death of Heath Ledger". Esquire. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  9. ^ Arango, Tim (2008-03-06). "Esquire Publishes a Diary That Isn't". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  10. ^ Taddeo, Lisa (April 12, 2010). "Rachel Uchitel Is Not a Madam". NYMag.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  11. ^ "Opinion | Five long reads that stand the test of time". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  12. ^ Bailey, Fenton; Barbato, Randy (2013-09-23), Esquire 80th Anniversary Special, Julie Marcus, Lisa Taddeo, retrieved 2017-11-05
  13. ^ "2017 Award Winners | Women's Guild". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  14. ^ Taddeo, Lisa (April 2, 2015). "Forty-Two". New England Review. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  15. ^ "NER Selections Included in Pushcart Prize XLI". New England Review. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  16. ^ "Lisa Taddeo wins Pushcart Prize | BU Creative Writing". blogs.bu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  17. ^ "Granta on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  18. ^ Taddeo, Lisa (9 July 2019). Amazon. ISBN 978-1451642292.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ a b c "Interviews Written : Journalist Lisa Taddeo Examines What Women Desire : Authorlink". Authorlink - Writers and Readers Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ "Lisa Taddeo Bringing Her Bestseller "Three Women" to Showtime". womenandhollywood.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  23. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2019-07-25). "'Three Women' Drama From Lisa Taddeo Based On Her Book Gets Showtime Series Commitment". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Taddeo