Geoff Schumacher is an author, columnist, speaker and newspaper executive in Las Vegas, Nev.

He is the author of Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia & Palace Intrigue, published in February 2008, and Sun, Sin & Suburbia: An Essential History of Modern Las Vegas, published in October 2004. Both books were published by Stephens Press.

Schumacher was a reporter, editorial writer and city editor for the Las Vegas Sun for 10 years and editor of Las Vegas CityLife for three years. He founded and edited the Las Vegas Mercury, which ceased publishing after a four-year run. Today, he is the director of community publications for Stephens Media, overseeing editorial operations of numerous weekly newspapers and special sections. Schumacher also writes a weekly public affairs column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Schumacher was born in Madison, Wisconsin, grew up in Southern Nevada and earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1988. He lives in northwest Las Vegas with his wife and two daughters.