Author: Doris Shannon
Alternate names: E. X. Giroux
Born: 07 August 1924
Died: 13 August 2012
Bio: Doris Giroux Shannon was born in Elmira, New York, daughter of Edwin Giroux and Elizabeth Graham. Married Frank Shannon in 1947. They had two children.

She also wrote under the pseudonym 'E.X. Giroux'. Under that pseudonym she created 'Robert Forsythe', a retired barrister in London.