M.L. Stedman
2 SeriesM.L. Stedman is an Australian author and New York Times bestseller, originally from Western Australia. She has resided in London for many years, where she worked as a lawyer before turning to writing. Stedman began writing in 1997, completed several writing courses, and has had short stories published in anthologies.
In M.L. Stedman's "The Light Between Oceans," Tom Sherbourne becomes a lighthouse keeper on the isolated Janus Rock after serving in World War I. He marries Isabel, and after enduring multiple pregnancy losses, they discover a boat with a dead man and a living baby. Isabel, believing the baby to be a gift from God, convinces Tom to keep her, naming her Lucy. Their decision to raise Lucy as their own is challenged when they return to the mainland and confront the consequences of their actions on others.
