McCurdy’s new book is a work of fiction, but writing it helped her work through some complicated memories from her own life. Credit...Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Background: Brian Rea; ...

When Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died” was published in 2022, it landed like a glitter bomb: It got everywhere and had almost freakish staying power. The memoir pulled back the curtain on ...

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There’s a lot of sex in Jennette McCurdy’s debut novel, Half His Age — more than you might otherwise expect. The former Nickelodeon star and I’m Glad My Mom Died author strives for discomfort as her ...

Jennette McCurdy says writing her new book helped her get the "closure" she needed after her relationship with a much-older man when she was a teen. The book follows McCurdy's 2022 memoir, I'm Glad My ...

NEW YORK – When you’re talking to Jennette McCurdy, it’s easy to forget her career started as a Nickelodeon actor, not during a highbrow MFA creative writing program. McCurdy may have grown up in the ...

In 2022, the former Nickelodeon star released a memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, in which she detailed alleged abuse she experienced by her mother Jennette McCurdy opened up about the alleged abuse she ...

Where are we? What is our lives? [laughs] We've both come so far since that moment. What I love about you as a writer is that it's almost a surprise that you're as good as you are. You know what I ...

Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE’s books column! In this ongoing segment, authors share an assortment of their most memorable reads: the books that have shaped their lives as writers and as human beings.