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| Born | May 16, 1967 Huyton, England, U.K. |
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Tony Schumacher (born 16 May 1967) is an English actor, novelist, and screenwriter.
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.
Schumacher became a writer after obtaining a commission from Angie Sammons, the then-editor of Liverpool Confidential . [1] [2]
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. [3] 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. [4]
Schumacher wrote the BBC One television drama series influenced by his days as a police officer in Liverpool, The Responder starring Martin Freeman, [5] which began airing on 24 January 2022 [1] and has received praise. [6] [7] [8]
Filming began in and around Liverpool on the Schumacher-written BBC One series The Cage in 2025. [9] [10]
Divorced from his first wife, Schumacher remarried. The couple have a son. [1]
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