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Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to parents Mary and Edward Fitzgerald. -
He moves back to St. Paul after his father lost his job in New York.
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Fitzgerald enters the Princeton class of 1916. -
He joins the army, and during his time in Europe he writes his first novel The Romantic Egotists. -
He meets Zelda the daughter of a Montgomery, Alabama Supreme Court judge.
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A week before his as Zeldas wedding, his novel This Side of Paradise is published. -
Married in Montgomery, with the city celebrating the union. -
Frances Scott Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul just like her father. -
After settling into their new home in Long Island Fitzgerald conceives The Great Gatsby. -
He wrote the plat The Vegetable for Broadway but it ended up flopping.
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The Fitzgeralds move to France to escape proaction and the high cost of living in America.
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The Great Gatsby is published but receives bad reviews and disappointing sales.
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The family briefly settles in Delaware, where Scott begins screen writing and Zelda begins dance lessons.
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They move back to Europe where Zelda continues to train and at 28 joins the Royal Ballet of Italy. -
After moving back to America both Zelda and Scott write new novels, Zelda finishes her novel Save Me the Waltz, while Scott makes history with Tender is the Night.
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Fitzgerald moves his family to Hollywood where he starts work at MGM. -
Zelda and Scott see each other one last time on a short trip to Cuba.
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Fitzgerald dies suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 44, leaving a legacy of 170 short stories and 5 Novels. With The Last Tycoon being published in 1941 after his passing.