Fitzgerald's life

Fitzgerald used his own life as a basis for much of his early writing, including The Great Gatsby. 

Biographical information about F. Scott Fitzgerald can be found at  PBS.org , the New York Times and on Wikipedia .

Below is a list of Fitzgerald biographies currently available in Connecticut libraries.  Inquire at our information desk if you would like to borrow any of these titles.

Sometimes Madness is Wisdom : Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald: A Marriage by Kendall Taylor 2001

Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography by Jeffrey Meyers 1994, 2000

F. Scott Fitzgerald A to Z: The Essential Reference to his life and work by Mary Jo Tate, 1998

Intimate Lies: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sheilah Graham: Her Son’s Story by Robert Westbrook, 1995

Invented Lives: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald by James R. Mellow 1984

Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Matthew J. Bruccoli 1983

Fool for Love : F. Scott Fitzgerald by Scott Donaldson, 1983

F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography by Andre Le Vot, (translated from the French) 1983

F. Scott Fitzgerald by Howard Greenfeld, 1974

Scott Fitzgerald and His World by Arthur Mizener, 1972

Exiles from Paradise: Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald by Sara Mayfield, 1971

College of One by Sheilah Graham, 1967

Scott Fitzgerald by Andrew Turnbull 1962

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