Author Info

Francis Scott Fitzgerald lived from 1896-1940. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He wrote four complete novels and had an unfinished novel published after his death. Fitzgerald was married to Zelda Sayre and they had one child together named Frances Scott “Scottie” Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald entered the army during World War I after dropping out of Princeton. He worked in Hollywood writing materials for movies including Gone with the Wind.

Fitzgerald was a heavy alcoholic which made him sick toward the end of his life. He had two heart attacks, the second of which killed him. His wife was in mental hospitals for her schizophrenia and died in a fire there in 1948. In 2009 Fitzgerald was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.