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He was born on September 24th 1896 in St Paul Minnesota -
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Graduated as a member of the 1917 Princeton class
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Met Zelda Sayre who was a daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge
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Returned to St Paul to rewrite his novel
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Zelda broke off engagement because she was unwilling to live off of his small salary.
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His novel was accepted by Maxwell Perkins
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One week after his book was published Fitzgerald and Zelda were married and living in New York -
Fitzgerald wrote his second novel called The Beautiful and Damned.
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Zelda became pregnant so they moved back.
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Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby -
Intense ballet training damaged Zelda’s health.
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Completed Tender is the Night.
Mirroring his and Zelda’s relationship at the time. -
He moved to Hollywood alone to work with MGM as a screen writer.
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Died from a heart attack