About the Author

Known as much for his critically acclaimed writing as for his volatile personal life, F. Scott Fitzgerald was the quintessential author of the Jazz Age, and is considered to be one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. A member of the Lost Generation, Fitzgerald’s personal experiences greatly influenced his work, particularly The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night, which closely mirrored his marriage to Zelda Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald’s short stories were widely published in magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s Weekly, and Esquire, and both his novels and short stories were critically acclaimed during his lifetime. The New York Times wrote after his death in 1940 that Fitzgerald was “better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation...”