Marjory Wentworth has worked as a freelance writer, poet, and teacher and professor. In 2003, she was named the Poet Laureate of South Carolina. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Hub City's Noticing Eden (2003). She has been nominated twice for The Pushcart Prize, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Gilmore Simms Poetry Prize, and the South Carolina Arts Commission Project Grant.

Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Wentworth studied at Mt. Holyoke College and Oxford University; she received her M.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing from New York University. Her poems have appeared in Point, Skirt, and Brightleaf, among others. Wentworth's books include Trash, Cavedweller, and Nightjars. Her poetry was also published with the artwork of Mary Edna Fraser in What the Water Gives Me.

Currently, Wentworth lives on Sullivan's Island with her husband and their three sons. Much of her writing focuses on the South Carolina low country. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern Literature Council of Charleston, and teaches poetry in the Expressions of Healing program, dedicated to helping cancer patients and their families. Wentworth also teaches creative writing at the Charleston County School of Arts.