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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. -
He started writing stories and showing early talent in school as a teenager.
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He attended Newman School in New Jersey and is encouraged to write.
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He went to Princeton University and wrote for student magazines.
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He leaves college to serve in World War I but never is sent overseas.
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While stationed in Alabama he meets Zelda Sayre someone who becomes very important. -
He tried to make a living writing stories and working at an ad agency.
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His first novel makes him famous right away.
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He marries Zelda and they become a famous couple in the 1920s. -
His daughter Frances Fitzgerald is born.
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He published The Beautiful and Damned and more short stories about the Jazz Age.
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Releases The Great Gatsby which later becomes one of Americas best novels. -
Zelda gets sick and Scott struggles with money and drinking.
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He writes Tender in the Night a story inspired by his real life struggles. -
He moved to Hollywood to write movies and dies of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of 44.