F. Scott Fitzgerald By Ameliaeby 1896 Born in St. Paul, Minnesota 1908 Moved back to St. Paul to live off mother’s inheritance 1909 Detective story published in the school newspaper 1911 Newman Catholic Prep school in New Yersey 1913 Graduated Newman School 1913 Started Princeton University 1917 Dropped out to join US Army 1917 Second lieutenant in infantry Camp Sheridan Montgomery, Alabama 1918 War over, moves to New York 1920 First Novel “This Side of Paradise” 1922 “The Beautiful and the Damned” Second Novel 1925 “The Great Gasby” Narrated by Nick Carraway 1940 Died of a heart attack with novel 1/2 completed Age 44