May Wentworth

Writing under the name May Wentworth, Mary Richardson Newman Dolliver was an American author active in the late 1860s. Reliable reference sources identify her as the author of fairy tales and children's stories, though basic biographical details such as her birth and death dates remain unclear.

Her known books include Fairy Tales from Gold Lands and Fairy Tales from Gold Lands: Second Series, and she is also associated with The Golden Dawn and Other Stories (1870). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes that this collection includes "Don Ramon Capello and the Amazon Isle," a tale remembered for its early feminist-utopian flavor.

Wentworth also edited Poetry of the Pacific, an anthology of poets from the Pacific states, which links her to the literary culture of early California and the American West. Because so little personal information has survived, her reputation today rests mainly on the unusual charm and historical interest of her books.