Three-time Emmy® and two-time Golden Globe nominee Sherry Stringfield (“ER”) and Danielle Panabaker (“The Crazies”) star in the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, “Beverly Lewis’ The Shunning,” which has its World Premiere, Saturday, April 16 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C). The movie is based on the first novel of The Heritage of Lancaster County Books from New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis and is the retelling of some of the heartbreaking experiences of Lewis’ maternal grandmother Ada Ranck Buckwalter. Ms. Buckwalter was born into the Old Order Mennonite Church, which became the genesis of Ms. Lewis’ fascination with her plain heritage.

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About The Author

Beverly Lewis, raised in Pennsylvania Amish country, is a former schoolteacher, an accomplished musician, and an award-winning author of more than eighty books for adults and children, many of which have appeared on bestseller lists. Her novel The Brethren won a 2007 Christy Award for excellence in Christian fiction.