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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 is stationed at Camp Sheridan near Montgomery. Expecting to die in the trenches of Europe, he hurridedly writes his first novel, The Romantic Egoists, about his education and personal awakening.
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Scott and Zelda meet at a county club dance in Montgomery.
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The Great War has ended and Scott is discharged from the army.
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When This Side of Paradise is accepted by Scribner’s and Zelda accepts Scott’s proposal of marriage.
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Scott’s first novel, This Side of Paradise, is published to instant acclaim.
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Scott publishes his first collection of short stories, Flappers and Philosophers.
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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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Him and Zelda travel to Europe before the birth of the baby.
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Scott’s story, The Diamond as Big As The Ritz,is published in Smart Set.
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Scott publishes Tales Of The Jazz Age, his second collection of short stories.
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The Fitzgeralds rent the Villa Marie in Saint-Raphaël on the French Riviera. Scott writes The Great Gatsby.
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The Great Gatsby is published, greeted by tepid reviews and disappointing sales.
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He dies of a heart attack.
