J.K. Rowling Writes for Adults

 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0…

J.K. Rowling, the British author whose "Harry Potter" fantasy series ignited a passion for reading for millions of children around the world, has emerged from a five-year publishing hiatus with a new book: this time for adults. Little, Brown and Company, part of the Hachette Book Group, said on Thursday it had acquired the rights to publish the book, whose title and publication date was not named.

I can't imagine that children will respect the line dividing children's literature from books for adults.  Crossover books generally cross up rather than down–adults read children's literature but we start to worry, as Maurice Sendak realized, when children pick up books intended for adult audiences, e.g., The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  Just how "adult" will Rowling's new novel be?

 http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/0…