Karen
Karen asked Camron Wright:

In my Kindle version of The Rent Collector (which I LOVED, by the way) in Chapter 29 author Hans Christian Andersen's middle name is left out when he is mentioned. Was this deliberate? Just curious.

Camron Wright Thanks for the question. In Khmer, it would be typical for them to shorten names, particularly English names they weren’t accustomed to pronouncing, so it was really just to ring more true to the Cambodian culture.

I hope this answers your question.

All the best,
Camron

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