About
Tony B. Richard — Author, Screenwriter & Storyteller
I create hopeful science fiction where ordinary people face extraordinary choices—and courage, conscience, and character matter more than firepower.
My stories are for readers, families, educators, and viewers who still believe the future can be worth fighting for without losing our humanity.
Who I Am
I’m a Canadian author and screenwriter based in Lillooet, British Columbia. Together with my wife—who writes under the pen name Lydia Payge—I created Earth’s Secret Alliance, a science-fiction universe that reimagines the 1947 Roswell incident as humanity’s first meeting with peaceful alien refugees.
The Zalmen arrive needing Earth’s help against an enemy they refuse to kill. Their technology could change our world, but the alliance only survives if soldiers, scientists, children, diplomats, and aliens learn to trust people very different from themselves.
Why I Write Hopeful Science Fiction
Before moving to Lillooet, I lived in Langley near Vancouver’s film industry. Productions filmed in the neighbourhood—including one literally next door—and watching stories take shape around me helped turn years of ideas into a determination to write them down.
I write the kind of family stories I wish I saw more often: stories where diplomacy can defeat destruction, overlooked people become heroes, and doing the right thing matters even when it costs something. I want the themes to grow naturally from the characters and their choices—adventures that invite questions, encourage empathy, and leave people feeling hopeful.
Almost 14,000
Books sold
114,000+
Kindle pages read
5 + 37
Feature-film screenplays and completed teleplays
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Books
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Film & Television
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For Educators
Find the Study Edition, Teacher’s Guide, discussion questions, age guidance, and writing resources.
Media, Interviews & Collaboration
The media kit includes short, medium, and long biographies, a downloadable headshot, franchise information, selected credentials, and other press-ready assets.
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Thanks for reading, and welcome to the Alliance.
— Tony