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Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Just at the age of 13, Scott published his first story in the school newspaper at St. Paul academy.
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Whilst attending Princeton Scott wrote musicals and also published pieces in the Princeton Tiger Humor magazine.
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Scott’s academics began to suffer at Princeton therefore he left to join the army.
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Scott met his wife while he was in the army. He was stationed near where she had lived. -
He was discharged from the army and went on to move to New York City
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“This side of paradise” became the novel of the century selling over 50,000 copies. -
Sharply after he moved to New Your City he published his very first novel “This Side of Paradise”. This novel became a best seller and made Scott incredibly wealthy.
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Just a week after Scott published “this side of paradise” he asked Zelda to marry him. -
Shortly after Scott and Zelda got married they had their daughter called Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
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Scott moved to France in hopes that it would spark his creativity.
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Just a year after he moved to France Scott published his greatest work, “The Great Gatsby”. -
Scot published “Tender is The Night” as well as many other novels but none had topped “The Great Gatsby” -
Scott moved to Hollywood to write screen plays in order to make as much money and as quickly as possible so he could leave town again and continue to right novels.
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Scott Fitzgerald passed of a heart attack.