M L Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia and now lives in London. Her first novel The Light Between Oceans was a Sunday Times New York Times and international bestseller and won the Goodreads Choice Best Historical Novel Award and the HWA Goldsboro Crown Debut. It was also longlisted for the Women's Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin literary award voted for by librarians and shortlisted as an Amazon Rising Star. In Australia it won the Indie Best Debut and Indie Best Book Awards and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Literary Society Gold Medal. It also won the Australian Book Industry Awards for Best Newcomer Best Literary Fiction and Book of the Year. The Light Between Oceans has been published in around forty-five languages and has sold nearly five million copies worldwide. It was made into a Dreamworks film starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander produced by Heyday Films. A Far-flung Life is M L Stedman's second novel to be published worldwide. Language: English