Tony Schumacher is an English author, screenwriter, and broadcaster.

Early life

Schumacher was born in

Huyton Huyton ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Urban Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Belle Vale, and the neighbouring village of Roby, with which it f ...

in 1967. Before his career as a writer, he worked as a police officer and taxi driver in nearby

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

Career

Schumacher became a writer after obtaining a commission from Angie Sammons, the then-editor of Liverpool Confidential. Schumacher's first novel, the

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work ''The Darkest Hour'', is set in a 1940s-era UK after a hypothetical Nazi victory in

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. It was generally well-received. His second book, ''The British Lion'', was released by the William Morrow imprint of

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, and was also well received in both the USA and UK. The third novel in the John Rossett series, ''An Army of One'', was published in August 2017. He also has several other works that he self-published, including ''Rear View Mirror: Stories From the Streets and the Night'' which recounts tales of his time as a police officer and taxi driver. Schumacher wrote the

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drama series influenced by his days as a police officer in Liverpool, ''

The Responder ''The Responder'' is a British police drama series set in Liverpool, written by former Merseyside Police officer Tony Schumacher, with Tim Mielants as leading director and starring Martin Freeman, Adelayo Adedayo, Ian Hart, and MyAnna Buring. I ...

'' starring

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, which began airing on 24 January 2022 and has received praise.

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* British male television writers British male novelists English male dramatists and playwrights English television writers English screenwriters Living people People from Knowsley, Merseyside 1967 births {{england-writer-stub