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

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. Her parents are Peter Taddeo, an

Italian American Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, ...

doctor, and Pia, a fruit stand cashier from Italy.

Education

She first attended

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but transferred to

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. Taddeo completed her

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in fiction at

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

Writing

Taddeo was an associate editor at ''

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'' when David Granger assigned her first piece for ''

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'', "The Last Days of Heath Ledger", after reading her unpublished novel. In 2015 ''

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'' named her ''

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'' 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

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, for her short stories "42 (2017)", published in the ''

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'', and "Suburban Weekend (2019)", published in

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. Her book '' Three Women'' was released in July 2019 by

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. In June 2020 it won the narrative non-fiction book of the year at the

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

Television

In July 2019,

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announced a series commitment adaptation of ''Three Women''. Taddeo will write and be executive producer of the series.

Bibliography

* '' Three Women'' (2019) * ''Animal'' (2021) * ''Ghost Lover'' (2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taddeo, Lisa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American writers of Italian descent 21st-century American journalists Boston University alumni American women journalists People from Millburn, New Jersey Writers from New Jersey New York University alumni Rutgers University alumni Millburn High School alumni People from West Tisbury, Massachusetts 21st-century American women