James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

Born in 1880, James Beardsley Hendryx was an American novelist and short-story writer whose work became closely associated with Alaska and the Yukon. He wrote a large number of adventure stories, many centered on trappers, prospectors, and other frontier figures, and his name appeared widely in early 20th-century popular fiction.

Reference sources on his career describe him as a prolific author of northern adventure fiction, and bibliographic listings show just how extensive that output was. He also has a place in genre history: science-fiction reference works note him for fiction that crossed into speculative territory as well as outdoor adventure.

Hendryx died in 1963. Today he is remembered mainly for vivid, action-driven stories of the North that reflect the tastes of magazine and adventure readers of his era.