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If you try to sell a book to agents and co over here, they all want to know whether it's for 8 - 11, or Young Adult or for adults. You're not really allowed to fit into more than one of these groups, even though people do. Actually the Harry Potter books were officially aimed at 8 - 11. It seemed to take a while for the publishing house to accept that adults read it and start publishing the 'adult' cover.
I think, to be honest, it's just another thing agents and publishers use as an excuse to say 'no' if your book doesn't ring their bells enough. But for us authors it's yet another hurdle. Philip Pullman, another author who writes at a type of person rather than an age range, hates it and is part of a campaign against it.
You'll guess, from this, that Few Are Chosen doesn't fit neatly into a specific age range! ;-)
Cheers
MTM
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