Gerald Breckenridge

Gerald Breckenridge was an American journalist and author who lived from about 1889 to 1964. He is chiefly remembered for writing entries in the Radio Boys series, popular juvenile adventure novels that tapped into the public fascination with radio in the early twentieth century.

Available library and reference material also points to a substantial newspaper career. Archival notes describe him as having worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star and later for newspapers in New York, Buffalo, and New Orleans, including the New York Telegram, where he reportedly created the "Inquiring Reporter" feature.

Some reference works note uncertainty around parts of his identity, including whether he may have been born under a slightly different surname, so the surviving record is not completely tidy. Even so, the picture that emerges is of a working newspaperman who successfully turned fast-moving modern subjects into entertaining fiction for young readers.