author
Helen Van-Anderson
b. 1859
A late-19th- and early-20th-century writer of spiritual fiction, she published novels, poems, and devotional works that explored healing, inner growth, and mysticism. Her books include The Right Knock, The Mystic Scroll, and The Illumined Life.
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The Right Knock A Story
by Helen Van-Anderson
About the author
Born in 1859, Helen Van-Anderson was an American author whose work moved between fiction, poetry, and spiritual writing. Library and public-domain records connect her with books such as The Right Knock (1889), It Is Possible (1891), The Journal of a Live Woman (1895), The Mystic Scroll (1906), Radiant Star (1911), and The Illumined Life (1912).
Her writing is closely associated with metaphysical and New Thought themes. A contemporary summary of The Right Knock describes it as a novel about healing and personal growth, and reference sources also link her to hymn texts and to alternate forms of her name, including Helen Van-Anderson Gordon.
Reliable authority records confirm her birth year as 1859 and give her death date as May 8, 1931. While a great deal of detailed biographical information is hard to verify, her surviving bibliography shows a writer deeply interested in spiritual transformation and practical faith.