Talented and successful American writer born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920) was an instant success, and allowed him to marry Zelda Sayre (see the photo at left from their honeymoon). The two of them embarked on a wild decade of travel and partying, exemplifying the "Jazz Age" of the twenties. They spent years abroad in France, especially, in both Paris and the Riviera.
Scott sold many short stories for quick money, but his reputation rests largely on his novels, including American classic The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender is the Night (1934).
Zelda suffered from mental illness from the late twenties on, and was to spend her last years in an institution. Scott returned to the States, where he wrote screenplays in Hollywood for a living.
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