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He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24th 1896 to parents Edward and Mary McQuillan Fitzgerald.
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When Fitzgerald was 13 years old he attended St. Paul Academy where he published his first piece of writing- a detective writing. -
Fitzgerlad attended university at Princeton University from 1913-1917 where he began writing "The Side of Paradise" which is very first novel
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Drops out of Princeton after a failed romance with a Chicago socialite and joins the army. -
While overseas in the army he meets his future wife Zelda but she refused to marry him until he had enough money -
In 1919 Scott was discharged from the army
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Scott's first novel is published is first novel "The Side of Paradise" becoming his first besetseller
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The couple marries in New York City- just one week after the publishing of his first novel -
Scott's first and only daughter is born being named Frances Scott Fitzgerald in St. Paul Minnesota -
Fitzgerald publishes his second novel The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922
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In 1924 Scott and his family moved to France to escape their financial problems
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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.
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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.
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In 1937 Fitzgerald went to Hollywood to write screenplays to make easy money so he could go back to what he loved- writing novels.
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While writing is last novel The Last Tycoon he suffered a heart attack, killing him on December 21st, 1940 in Los Angles, California
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