F Scott Fitzgerald Author:Howard Greenfield This a young adult biography. — The name F. Scott Fitzgerald conjures up a world of glamor and riches and uninhibited good times; of a handsome, elegantly dressed writer whose novels and short stories became the ultimate record of the Jazz Age; of a daring, beautiful, headstrong woman named Zelda. But the real F. Scott Fitzgerald is a man who ca... more »n be said to have failed in every way but one. He wanted to be a football player but was too small; he wanted to be a playwright and lacked the talent; he wanted an enviable marriage, but he and Zelda were a tragically unhappy couple; he wanted to be a perfect father but circumstances kept him away from his daughter much of the time; he wanted to be a great screenwriter but was frustrated by insensitive directors and producers. He did succeed as a writer, but he died--with what some consider would have been his best novel still unfinished--believing that most people had forgotten him. Here is a keep and compassionate biography of the man who wrote "The Great Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night" and is today recognized as one of the most talented and widely read writers of the twentieth century.« less