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 ...

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, Jennette released a memoir, 'I'm Glad My Mom Died,' that detailed the alleged abuse she experienced from her mother Debra Alexandra Wyman/WireImage Jennette McCurdy was raised by her mom, ...

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 ...

Teen girl falls for a high school creative writing teacher. That's the premise of the new novel, "Half His Age" by Jennette McCurdy. McCurdy was a child actor on Nickelodeon in the 2010s, and a few ...