Goodreads asked Sarah Anne Johnson:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Sarah Anne Johnson I got the idea for Hannah Snow, the main character of The Lightkeeper's Wife, when I visited the Highland House Museum in Truro, MA. I saw a print of Grace Darling, a lighthouse keeper's daughter in the UK, rowing into a storm to save a shipwrecked sailor.

I did research about women lighthouse keeper's and it turns out many of them were known for daring rescues.

From there Hannah Snow began to make her way onto the page.

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