Lisa Taddeo
{{Short description|American author and journalist}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Lisa Taddeo
| image = Lisa Taddeo (48432121181) (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Taddeo in 2019
| birth_name =
| birth_date = January 1980
| birth_place = Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.
| occupation = Author, journalist
| nationality =
| education = Millburn High School
| alma_mater = New York University {{small|(transferred)}}
Rutgers University
Boston University (MFA)
| notableworks = Three Women (2019)
| spouse = Jackson Waite
| children = 1
| relatives =
| awards = Pushcart Prize 2017, 2019 British Book Awards 2020
| website = {{URL|www.lisataddeo.com}}
}}
Lisa Taddeo is an American author and journalist known for her book Three Women.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/style/lisa-taddeo-three-women.html |title=A Writer of Three Women's Sex Lives Shares Her Own Journey |last=Dwyer |first=Kate |date=July 5, 2019 |website=The New York Times |accessdate=October 6, 2019}} Taddeo's work has appeared in The Best American Political Writing and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies.{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/royce-flippin/best-american-political-writing-2009/|title=BEST AMERICAN POLITICAL WRITING 2009 by Royce Flippin {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}
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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elle.com/fashion/personal-style/a39623/too-good-for-this-world/|title=My Mother Was a Bright Green Suede Fendi Bag|first1 = Lisa|last1 = Taddeo|date=2016-09-30|work=ELLE|access-date=2017-11-05|language=en}}{{cite news|title=Births|url=http://www.mvtimes.com/2015/03/11/births-47/|accessdate=17 December 2017|publisher=Martha's Vineyard Times|date=March 11, 2015}}{{Cite web |url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2016/03/03/rushing-unsafe-any-speed |title=Rushing Is Unsafe at Any Speed |last=Taddeo |first=Lisa |date=March 3, 2016 |website=Vineyard Gazette |accessdate=October 6, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2019/07/19/lisa-taddeo |title=Three Women Travels to the Heart and Complexity of Desire |last=Bennett |first=Elizabeth |date=July 19, 2019 |website=Vineyard Gazette |accessdate=October 6, 2019}}
Education
She first attended New York University but transferred to Rutgers University. Taddeo completed her Master of Fine Arts in fiction at Boston University.{{Cite news|url=https://granta.com/contributor/lisa-taddeo/|title=Lisa Taddeo|work=Granta Magazine|access-date=2017-11-05|language=en-US}}
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",{{cite web |last=Taddeo |first=Lisa |date=Apr 20, 2009 |title=Heath Ledger Death - Final Days and Death of Heath Ledger |url=http://www.esquire.com/fiction/fiction/heath-ledger-last-days |access-date=December 16, 2017 |website=Esquire}} after reading her unpublished manuscript.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/books/06esqu.html|title=Esquire Publishes a Diary That Isn't|last=Arango|first=Tim|date=2008-03-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-11-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} She later appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special in 2013.{{Citation |last1=Bailey |first1=Fenton |title=Esquire 80th Anniversary Special |date=2013-09-23 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3031392/ |others=Julie Marcus, Lisa Taddeo |last2=Barbato |first2=Randy |accessdate=2017-11-05}}
The Washington Post recognized her New York piece, "Rachel Uchitel is Not a Madam",{{cite web | last=Taddeo | first=Lisa | title=Rachel Uchitel Is Not a Madam | website=NYMag.com | date=April 12, 2010 | url=https://nymag.com/news/features/65238/ | access-date=December 16, 2017}} as one of their top five long reads that stand the test of time.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/08/12/five-long-reads-that-stand-the-test-of-time/|title=Opinion {{!}} Five long reads that stand the test of time|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-11-05}}
Taddeo has since received the William Holodnok Fiction Prize and the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/womensguild/scholarships-awards/2017-award-winners/|title=2017 Award Winners {{!}} Women's Guild|website=www.bu.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-11-05}}
She is a two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize, recognized for her short stories "42 (2017)", published in the New England Review,{{cite web | title=Forty-Two | website=New England Review|first1 = Lisa|last1 = Taddeo | date=April 2, 2015 | url=http://www.nereview.com/2015/04/02/new-fiction-from-lisa-taddeo-ner-36-1/ | access-date=December 16, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nereview.com/2016/11/18/ner-selections-included-in-pushcart-prize-xli/|title=NER Selections Included in Pushcart Prize XLI|date=2016-11-18|work=New England Review|access-date=2017-11-05|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.bu.edu/crwr/2016/06/06/lisa-taddeo-wins-pushcart-prize/|title=Lisa Taddeo wins Pushcart Prize {{!}} BU Creative Writing|website=blogs.bu.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-05}} and "Suburban Weekend (2019)", published in Granta.{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/GrantaMag/status/997158518078795777|title=Granta on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-07-12|language=en}}
= Later work =
Her book Three Women was released in July 2019 by Simon and Schuster.{{Cite book|title=Amazon|isbn=9781451642292|last1=Taddeo|first1=Lisa|date=9 July 2019}} In June 2020, it won the Narrative Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards.{{Cite web|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2020-06-30|title=Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/29/candice-carty-williams-bernardine-evaristo-first-black-authors-to-win-top-british-book-awards|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-30|website=The Guardian|language=en}}
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..."{{Cite web|title=Interviews Written : Journalist Lisa Taddeo Examines What Women Desire : Authorlink|url=https://authorlink.com/interview/journalist-lisa-taddeo-examines-what-women-desire-2020/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Authorlink - Writers and Readers Magazine|language=en-US}}
Her third book, Ghost Lover, is a collection of nine short stories published in 2022 by Avid Reader Press.{{Cite web |last=Longman |first=Molly |date=June 14, 2022 |title=Lisa Taddeo Wrote A Book For Folks Who Haven't Had Their Happy Ending Yet |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/06/11013312/lisa-taddeo-new-book-interview |access-date=April 1, 2024 |website=Refinery29 |language=en}}
Adaptions
In July 2019, Showtime announced a series commitment adaptation of Three Women.{{Cite web |title=Lisa Taddeo Bringing Her Bestseller "Three Women" to Showtime |url=https://womenandhollywood.com/lisa-taddeo-bringing-her-bestseller-three-women-to-showtime/ |access-date=2020-08-20 |website=womenandhollywood.com |language=en-US}} Taddeo will write and be executive producer of the series.{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2019-07-25 |title='Three Women' Drama From Lisa Taddeo Based On Her Book Gets Showtime Series Commitment |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/three-women-drama-from-lisa-taddeo-based-on-her-book-gets-showtime-series-commitment-1202654255/ |access-date=2020-08-20 |website=Deadline |language=en}}
Awards
Bibliography
= Nonfiction =
- Three Women (2019)
= Novel =
= Short story collection =
References
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Category:American writers of Italian descent
Category:21st-century American women journalists
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Category:Boston University alumni
Category:Writers from Millburn, New Jersey
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Category:Rutgers University alumni