McCurdy Turns Personal Pain Into Provocative Fiction With 'Half His Age'

Jennette McCurdy, famed for I'm Glad My Mom Died, releases her debut novel Half His Age, a provocative Alaska-set coming-of-age tale about a 17-year-old girl who enters an age-gap relationship with her middle-aged, married English teacher. In interviews she frames the book as a way to tell truth through difficult, unflinching material, discuss her shift from acting to writing, and outline adaptations and future projects, including a film version and an Apple TV+ series based on her memoir.