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Fitzgerald Birth
He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24th 1896 to parents Edward and Mary McQuillan Fitzgerald. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald first published
When Fitzgerald was 13 years old he attended St. Paul Academy where he published his first piece of writing- a detective writing. -
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Fitzgerald attended college
Fitzgerlad attended university at Princeton University from 1913-1917 where he began writing "The Side of Paradise" which is very first novel -
Fitzgerald Joins the Army
Drops out of Princeton after a failed romance with a Chicago socialite and joins the army. -
Scott meets his wife
While overseas in the army he meets his future wife Zelda but she refused to marry him until he had enough money -
Fitzgerald discharged
In 1919 Scott was discharged from the army -
Scott's first novel
Scott's first novel is published is first novel "The Side of Paradise" becoming his first besetseller -
Scott marries Zelda
The couple marries in New York City- just one week after the publishing of his first novel -
Scott's only daughter is born
Scott's first and only daughter is born being named Frances Scott Fitzgerald in St. Paul Minnesota -
F. Scott Fitzgerald second novel
Fitzgerald publishes his second novel The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922 -
Scott moves to France
In 1924 Scott and his family moved to France to escape their financial problems -
Great Gatsby
Scott moves to France where he writes his most famous novel "The Great Gatsby". This novel has became one of the most famous novels in history and has entered American vocabulary forever. -
Scott's less successful novel
After the great success of the Great Gatsby he wrote the novel "Tender is the Night" but never matched the success of the most famous novel. -
Fitzgerald goes to Hollywood
In 1937 Fitzgerald went to Hollywood to write screenplays to make easy money so he could go back to what he loved- writing novels. -
Fitzgerald's death
While writing is last novel The Last Tycoon he suffered a heart attack, killing him on December 21st, 1940 in Los Angles, California
