Lisa Taddeo

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]

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

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when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, titled "The Last Days of Heath Ledger",^[8] after reading her unpublished manuscript.^[9] She later appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special in 2013.^[10]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

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]

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