Dorothy Scallan, also known under her pen name of Doris Sheridan, wrote through the Catholic Press for a great number of years. She contributed many articles, including editorials, short stories, essays, and more. Aware and concerned of the moral quality of modern literature, she also contributed book reviews for years, which won her the praise of the U.S. American Catholic hierarchy. Miss Scallan was the author of The Golden Arrow, The Holy Man of Tours, and The Whole World Will Love Me. The latter, her biography of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, was published in 1954.