BIG BABY, a memoir by comedian Kevin James Thornton, will be published by Grand Central (Agent: Alli Hellegers)

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Lauren Marino, while at Hachette Go, preempted North American rights to comedian Kevin James Thornton’s memoir Big Baby: On Endings, Beginnings, and an Interdimensional Cat, from Allison Hellegers at Stimola Literary Studio, for a June 2026 release. Ian Dorset at Grand Central will edit.

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