The Banishment

M. C. Beaton (1936–2019), hailed as the “Queen of Crime” by the Globe and Mail, was the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Agatha Raisin novels—the basis for the hit series on Acorn TV—as well as the Hamish Macbeth series. Born in Scotland, Beaton also wrote nearly one hundred historical romances under several pseudonyms. Her books have been translated into nineteen languages and sold more than twenty-two million copies worldwide.

Lizzie Stanton is a British actress who is based in both the United States and England. She was born in Sri Lanka and has since lived in the Philippines, England, Tanzania, and Canada. In 2009 Lizzie moved to the United States where she graduated with a BA in theater arts from Brown University. In the summer of 2013, Lizzie was selected to be an apprentice at the Tony Award–winning Williamstown Theatre Festival and recorded her first two audiobooks. Lizzie is now in London attending her one-year master of arts course in acting for the screen at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.