Three years after the release of her darkly funny memoir , I’m Glad My Mom Died , Jennette McCurdy is returning to the publishing world, this time with her debut novel, Half His Age . On Thursday, the former child star dropped the title and cover art in an interview with Vogue . Taking cues from such influences as Lisa Taddeo and Ottessa Moshfegh, her first work of fiction, per Random House , is a “sad, funny, and thrilling novel that follows a seventeen-year-old girl named Waldo as she navigates an affair with her teacher, exploring the complexities of desire, power, and self-discovery.” Its release is set for January 20, 2026.

“It’s a novel about sex, class, consumerism, power, self-discovery … as seen through the eyes of one very lonely teenage girl,” McCurdy, who began wor

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