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Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. His name came from the man who wrote the National Anthem.

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They obtained help from Mollie Fitzergerald. Scott Fitzergerald's writing of a detective story first appeared in the school newspaper.

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He attended Newman School where he wrote scripts and lyrics for the Princeton Triangle Club musicals

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He joined the army and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry

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Fitzergerald was assigned to Camp Sheridan in Alabama and fell in love with Zelda Sayre, daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court Judge

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The name of Fitzergerald's first novel was "This side of Paradise"

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Fitzergerald was 24 years old when his novel succeeded and "became famous overnight" One week after it was published he married Zelda. He then wrote a second novel titled "The Beautiful and Damned"

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Fitzergerald and Zelda's child was named Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzergerald. When they moved to Long Island Fitzergerald wrote his way out of debt with short stories. Fitzergerald often called the 1920s the "Jazz Age"

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In France Fitzergerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" and met author Ernest Hemmingway in Paris

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Zelda began training for Ballet aiming to be a professional dancer.

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Most of the Fitzergerald's income came from 160 magazine stories. Usually they spent their money for than they earned it.

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Zelda suffered a relapse and was permanently a resident or outpatient of sanitariums. Fitzergerald's fourth novel was titled "Tender is the Night"

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This period was known as the "Crack-Up" because of the title of an essay Fitzergerald wrote in 1936. Fitzergerald went to Hollywood in 1937 as he had a six-month Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer screenwriting contract at $1,000 a week. In California Fitzergerald fell in love with movie columnist Sheilah Graham.

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Fitzergerald died of a heart attack while writing the novel "The Love of the Last Tycoon". Fitzergerald died believing he was a failure even though in 1960 his novel "The Great Gatsby" was revered for examining the themes of aspiration.