James Beardsley Hendryx

James Beardsley Hendryx (December 9, 1880 – March 1, 1963) was an American author of western fiction.

Life and career James Hendryx was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota in 1880. He attended local schools in Sauk Centre and went to the University of Minneapolis for two years. He worked as a newspaperman in Springfield, Ohio and was a special writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer. He also worked various jobs including as a salesman, tan bark buyer, cowboy, and construction foreman.

He was a prolific writer, finishing over 40 novels, several short stories, and one screenplay. All of his work was in the western fiction genre. He set most of his books in Canada, Alaska, or Montana. His novels portrayed Canada as a lawful and orderly place with reliable police and a civilized court system. He compared this unfavorably to Alaska and Montana as relatively lawless places where criminals could find a safe haven.