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Francis Scott Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He shows exceptional literary talent in grade school.
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Scott enters Princeton University with the class of 1916.
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Scott and Zelda meet at a county club dance in Montgomery. Scott is captivated by Zelda, although she keeps several suitors on a string.
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Scott is stationed at Camp Sheridan near Montgomery. Expecting to die in the trenches of Europe hurridedly writes his first novel, The Romantic Egoists
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The Great War has ended and Scott is discharged from the army. He finds employment in New York City at an advertising agency
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A week before their wedding, Scott’s first novel, This Side of Paradise, is published to instant acclaim.
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Scott and Zelda are overnight celebrities and spokespeople for their generation
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Scott publishes his first collection of short stories, Flappers and Philosophers. Zelda is his highly quotable side-kick, the quintessential flapper, his accomplice in high-jinx and the model for most of his romantic heroines.
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Zelda and Scott take a road trip from their rented house in Westport, CT to Alabama. The resulting story, Cruise of The Rolling Junk, is published in Motor Magazine.
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Scott and Zelda travel to Europe before the birth of their baby.
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Scott’s story, The Diamond as Big As The Ritz,is published in Smart Set. Sometimes accused of being an apologist for the rich, Scott’s relationship to the rich is far more complex.W
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Scott accepts work as a screenwriter for Metro Goldwyn Mayer in Hollywood, hoping this will be his Second Act.
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When MGM doesn't renew Scott’s contract, he turns to creating the brilliant and humorous Pat Hobby Stories, about a deadbeat screenwriter. He draws on his own experience in the movie industry.
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Dec 21, 1940 Scott dies suddenly of a heart attack, age 44. Still the bench mark for talent and elegant prose, Scott’s literary legacy includes 5 novels and 170 short stories which are enjoyed the world over.
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Zelda dies in Asheville. Her vibrant paintings are among the few tangible mementos of Scott & Zelda’s lives.
