Require is returning a nil value in GLua for a module

I'm trying to create a module through the best practice means rather than package.seeall. Below is the code I've used. I'm running into an error where once I run require("mylibrary"), m seems to be returning a nil value.

I'm getting the following error:

[ERROR] gamemodes/mygamemode/gamemode/init.lua:374: attempt to index local 'mm' (a nil value)
  1. addonsandmodules - gamemodes/mygamemode/gamemode/init.lua:374
  2. unknown - gamemodes/mygamemode/gamemode/init.lua:380

from mylibrary.lua

print("DEBUG: prior to creation of moduel done")
local m = {}
print("creation of module done")


function m.soup()
    return "soup is good"


end


function m.roll(num)
    print("rolling the dice...")
    return math.random(1,num)

end

print("DEBUG: functions defined")

m.public_variable = "hello from my_module"


print(m.public_variable)

print("made it right up to return value")


return m

from init.lua

local mm = {require("mylibrary")}

print(mm)


print(mm.public_variable)

I could use package.seeall and kind of skip this but if anyone can help me figure out where I'm going wrong, would be appreciated.

I tried printing debugging steps to see where the module failed. Unfortunately nothing is printing.