Lisa Taddeo


Lisa Taddeo is an American author, journalist and two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize for her short stories 42 , published in the New England Review and Suburban Weekend, published in Granta. Her 2019 book, Three Women, became a #1 New York Times best seller.

Early life and education

Taddeo was born to Peter Taddeo, an Italian American doctor, and Pia, a fruit stand cashier from Italy. Taddeo is from Short Hills, New Jersey and attended Millburn High School. She first attended New York University but transferred to Rutgers University. Taddeo completed her MFA in fiction at Boston University. Her mother was born in Italy. Her father died in a car accident. She married Jackson Waite in 2014 and now lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut, with their daughter. She previously lived in West Tisbury, Massachusetts, on Martha's Vineyard.

Writing

Taddeo's work has appeared in The Best American Political Writing and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies. 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Magazine when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, "The Last Days of Heath Ledger", after reading her unpublished novel.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.
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.