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had opened a mission house for women workers in 1909. Knowles wrote more than 300 books during her life. She continued leading the mission for 25 years, dying while preparing a mission service for women on 29 November 1949.
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Knowles adopted the nom de plume of Lester Lurgan and under that name she created detective and science fiction stories including "A Message from Mars" in 1912. This book was also creditted to
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