F. Scott Fitzgerald is an american author who wrote The Great 
Gatsby. He was born on September 24, 1896 in St.Paul Minnesota. He was born into an upper middle class family and was the only son. He 
was raised by his father Edward Fitzgerald and his mother Mary McQuillan. In 1898 his family moved to Buffalo, New York and he got a job as a salesman. However he lost his job in 1908 and moved back to St.Paul. He enrolled into St.Paul Academy and eventually went to Princeton. This is where he began to write scripts for musicals. He developed a love for theatre and writing. After leaving Princeton he joined the army in 1917. He met Zelda Sayre who he engaged but after a few months Zelda left him.
Fitzgerald then moved to New York City after discharging from the army. He began to work on his first novel called The Romantic Egoist. It was first rejected but three revisions later it was published as The Side of Paradise in 1920. He then finally married Zelda in 1920 and had a daughter. Zelda began to become a flapper changing her clothing, drinking and smoking cigarrettes. Fitzgerald's greatest success came from his novel The Great Gatsby. However him and his wife were having relationship problems and eventually his wife moved back to live with her mother in Montgomery, Alabama. Fitzgerald then had two heart attacks in a span of two months. F. Scott Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 due to a second heart attack.
Gatsby. He was born on September 24, 1896 in St.Paul Minnesota. He was born into an upper middle class family and was the only son. He 
was raised by his father Edward Fitzgerald and his mother Mary McQuillan. In 1898 his family moved to Buffalo, New York and he got a job as a salesman. However he lost his job in 1908 and moved back to St.Paul. He enrolled into St.Paul Academy and eventually went to Princeton. This is where he began to write scripts for musicals. He developed a love for theatre and writing. After leaving Princeton he joined the army in 1917. He met Zelda Sayre who he engaged but after a few months Zelda left him.Fitzgerald then moved to New York City after discharging from the army. He began to work on his first novel called The Romantic Egoist. It was first rejected but three revisions later it was published as The Side of Paradise in 1920. He then finally married Zelda in 1920 and had a daughter. Zelda began to become a flapper changing her clothing, drinking and smoking cigarrettes. Fitzgerald's greatest success came from his novel The Great Gatsby. However him and his wife were having relationship problems and eventually his wife moved back to live with her mother in Montgomery, Alabama. Fitzgerald then had two heart attacks in a span of two months. F. Scott Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 due to a second heart attack.
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