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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul Minnesota. His parents were Edward and Molly Fitzgerald.
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He went to Princeton in 1917 but failed because he neglected his academic studies.
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He joined the army in 1917. During his time in war, he wrote his first novel The Romantic Egotist.
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He met Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama.
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He returned to Saint Paul where he wrote This Side of Paradise.
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He wrote his second novel, The Beautiful and The Damned in New York.
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Fitzgerald married Zelda in New York.
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Fitzgeralds’ only child, Francis, was born in Saint Paul.
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He wrote a play called The Vegetable, but failed. He wrote his way out of debt through short stories.
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He wrote The Great Gatsby in France.
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He stayed in France until 1926.
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He paused his work to write short stories to pay for his wife’s health care.
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He finished his novel Tender Is the Night. The novel closely resembled Fitzgerald and his wife’s relationship.
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He moved to Hollywood to work as a screenwriter. He also began another novel The Love of Last Tycoon.
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He died from a heart attack.
