-
He was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald to Mary McQualin and Edward Fitzgerald in St. Paul, Minnesotta.
-
Fitzgerald's father got fired from his job at Proctor & Gamble. His father's job loss forced them to move to St. Paul and live on his mother's inheritance.
-
At age 13 Fitzgerald's first piece of writing, a detective story, appears in his school's newspaper.
-
At 15 Fitzgerald begins to attend Newman School. Newman School was a prestigous Catholic school.
-
After graduation Fitzgerald continues his art studies at Princeton.
-
Ater being on academic probation Fitzgerald drops out to join the army.
-
In fear of dying in World War I, Fitzgerald writes a book hastily in fear of not fufilling his dreams.
-
While stationed at Shedian camp in Alabama Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre, his future wife.
-
Fitzgerald rewrote "The Romantic Egotist" and added more stories under the name "This Side iof Paradise. The new book was published in 1920.
-
Fitzgerald finishes his second book.
-
Fitzgerald moves to France in hopes for a change in scenery.
-
While in France Fitzgerald writes "The Great Gatsby", this is considered his best piece of writing. The book is published in 1925.
-
His fourth novel finally published after bouts of writers block.
-
Fitzgerald attempts to revive his career by becoming a screenwriter and Freelance writer in Hollywood
-
Fitzgerald began working on another novel in attempt to revive his career. He did not finish the novel due to dying in the next year.
-
Fitzgerald died at age 44 in Hollywood from a heart attack.
