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His full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. He was born in St.Paul Minnesota -
F. Scott published his first story when he was 13 in the school newspaper of St.Paul Academy. -
When F. Scott was in collage he wrote musicals, and also published pieces in the Princeton tiger humor magazine.
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He never saw combat, as the Armistice was signed in November 1918, shortly before his unit was to be sent overseas. -
He meet his wife while still in the army. He was stationed down for a while in camp Sheridan near where Zelda lived. -
He was discharged and moved to New York City
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This Side of Paradise was an immediate bestseller and made him incredibly wealthy.
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They wed in New York shortly after the publication of Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise -
F. Scott Fitzgerald's first and only child was a daughter -
F. Scott and his family moved to France to escape their extravagant lifestyle in New York and to allow Fitzgerald to focus on writing
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One of the biggest selling American classics -
Another novel written by F. Scott, but not nearly as successful as The Great Gatsby
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He moved there to work as a screenwriter for MGM, where he was a successful but struggling writer for the remainder of his life
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the project being his final, unfinished novel
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Died of a heart attack