There are many authors in the literary world who have influenced the daily lives of human beings through their phenomenal works. These authors have done their best to provide audiences with a good sense of entertainment for many years. Some authors are well known throughout the world for their consolidated literary merits and sources of literary criticism. However, there is one particular author who is considered a classic American author, that is F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is known for his most admired novel, The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby was influenced and inspired afterF. Scott and his wife Zelda Fitzgerald moved to Great Neck on Long Island in the early 1920s. Scott Fitzgerald or also known as Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896. He was a very healthy child after his parents' two previous children had died in infancy, due to disastrous epidemics. Fitzgerald was named after the author of "The Star Spangled Banner", Francis Scott Key. Scott Key was an ancestor of his father's family of whom they were very proud. F. Scott Fitzgerald was the son of two Catholics, Edward and Mary McQuillan Fitzgerald. Mary was the daughter of an Irish immigrant who grew up in St. Paul. He was not very physically attractive, yet he managed to have a strong influence on the people around him, including his son. When Francis Scott was born, his father Edward Fitzgerald ran a small business. After the business failed, he found work as a businessman in New York where his family had to move. Frequent moves forced Francis Scott to invent a more stable life on his own with many successes and accomplishments (Greenfeld 6). Later...... half of the article ...... in Great Neck, Long Island had a major influence on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Works Cited Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Critical Interpretations: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Chelsea House, 1986. Print."A Brief Life of Fitzgerald." Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ed. Matteo J. Bruccoli. Scribners Paperback, 2009. Web. April 23, 2014. .Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995. Print.Greenfeld, Howard. F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Crown, nd Print.Gross, Dalton and MaryJean Gross. Understanding the Great Gatsby: A casebook for students with historical problems, sources, and documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998. Print.Tredell, Nicolas. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby. New York: Columbia UP, 1999. Print.