Lisa Taddeo

Lisa Taddeo is an American author and journalist known for her book Three Women. Taddeo's work has appeared in The Best American Political Writing and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies.

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.

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

Writing
Taddeo was an associate editor at Golf Magazine when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, "The Last Days of Heath Ledger", after reading her unpublished novel.

In 2015 The Washington Post named her New York Magazine piece, "Rachel Uchitel is Not A Madam", one of their top five long reads that stand the test of time.

In 2013 she appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special.

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

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

Her book Three Women was released in July 2019 by Simon and Schuster. In June 2020 it won the narrative non-fiction book of the year at the British Book Awards.

Animal, Taddeo's debut novel, was published by Avid Reader Press in the summer of 2021, and is about "both sisterhood and female rage..."

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

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