Tony Schumacher (English author)

{{Short description|English actor, novelist, screenwriter (born 1967)}}

{{Infobox person

| image =

| name = Tony Schumacher

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1967|5|16}}

| birth_place = Huyton, England, U.K.

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|novelist|screenwriter}}

}}

Tony Schumacher (born 16 May 1967) is an English actor, novelist, and screenwriter.

Early life

Schumacher was born in Huyton in 1967. Before his career as a writer, he worked as a police officer and taxi driver in nearby Liverpool.

Career

Schumacher became a writer after obtaining a commission from Angie Sammons, the then-editor of Liverpool Confidential.{{Cite news|author=Youngs, Ian |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60108415|title=The Responder: From Police Officer to Writing a BBC Police Drama|publisher=BBC News|date=24 January 2022|access-date =15 December 2024}}{{Cite web|url=http://old.liverpoolconfidential.co.uk/profile/Tony-Schumacher|title = Liverpool Confidential articles by Tony Schumacher}}

Schumacher's first novel, the alternate-history book The Darkest Hour, is set in a 1940s-era UK after a hypothetical Nazi victory in World War II. It was generally well received.{{Cite web|title=Tony Schumacher|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4742083.Tony_Schumacher|access-date=2022-01-24|publisher=Goodreads}} His second book, The British Lion, was released by the William Morrow imprint of HarperCollins, and was also well received in both the United States and the UK. An Army of One, the third novel in the John Rossett series, was published in August 2017.

He also has several other books 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.{{cite book|title=Rear View Mirror: Stories from the Streets and the Night|first=Tony|last=Schumacher |date=18 April 2013|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=9781484159620}}

Schumacher wrote the BBC One television drama series influenced by his days as a police officer in Liverpool, The Responder starring Martin Freeman,{{Cite web|author=Sherwin, Adam|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/martin-freeman-bbc-cop-drama-liverpool-streets-tony-schumacher-404011|title=Martin Freeman Is Starring in a BBC Cop Drama Written by Police First Responder|date=March 13, 2020|work= i|access-date=15 December 2024}} which began airing on 24 January 2022 and has received praise.{{Cite web|author=Mangan, Lucy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/24/the-responder-review-martin-freeman-is-magnificent-in-tour-de-police-force|title = The Responder Review – Martin Freeman Is Magnificent in Tour de Police Force|work = The Guardian|date = 24 January 2022|access-date =15 December 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/responder-review-martin-freemans-police-patrol-one-long-brutal/|title=The Responder, Review: Martin Freeman's Police Patrol Is One Long, Brutal Night of the Soul|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=24 January 2022|last1=Singh|first1=Anita|access-date=15 December 2024}}{{Cite web|author=Craig, David|date=24 January 2022|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-responder-martin-freeman-review/|title=The Responder Review: Gripping BBC Drama Is the Anti-Line of Duty|work=Radio Times|access-date=15 December 2024}}