F Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896. F Scott Fitzgerald was somewhat of a "mama's boy". He loved his mother even though she was a kind of embarrassment to him on occasions. One of his first literary efforts was a detective story that was published in his school news paper when he was 12. When he was 16 he was expelled from St. Paul Academy for neglecting his studies. He then attended Newman School, a prep school in New Jersey. After his studies at Newman School he decided to go to Princeton University. As a poor student he left Princeton University to enlist in the army during World War I, however the war ended right before he enlisted, so he never actually had went to battle. During the time when he was in the army, Fitzgerald was at a country club and met Zelda Sayre. They fell in love with one another and got married in 1919.

The 1920s were F Scott Fitzgerald's biggest influence on his writings, other influences would be Zelda and alcohol mostly. Fitzgerald was a kind of alcoholic ever since his college days. he wrote his most famous novel The Great Gatsby in 1925. Zelda later became "insane" and this encouraged Scott to drink more alcohol and this was taking away from his novel writings. Many of his characters in his stories were based on real peoples personalities that he knew. Scott moved to Hollywood in the 1930s to live up to his Hollywood way of life. Scott always loved to spend his money. He was a charming young man who knew how to party and have a good time. Fitzgerald died of a heart attack while he was working on his last novel The Love of the Last Tycoon. His drinking had left him in poor health during the late 1930s.