Question

A set of “lost stories” by this author comprise the collection I’d Die For You. An essay by this author which states that it is always 3:00 AM (10[1])“in a real dark night of the soul” begins, “Of course all life is a process of breaking down.” This author’s romance with the heiress Ginevra King (10[2])inspired (10[1])a short (10[1])story (10[1])about the caddy Dexter Green (10[1])pursuing (10[2])Judy Jones. (10[7])A summer (10[1])that this (10[1])author of The (-5[1])Crack-Up spent in Montana (10[2])may have influenced the setting of a work in which John Unger (10[1])is (10[1])almost killed (-5[1])after (10[1])learning about a mountain owned by Percy Washington’s (10[1])family. (10[2])This author of “Winter Dreams” wrote a novel about (10[2])Dick and Nicole Driver, (10[3]-5[1])whose marriage (10[2])is modeled on this author’s own relationship with his (10[1])wife Zelda (10[2])Sayre. (10[12]-5[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])author (10[2])of (10[1])The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (10[2])and Tender (10[2])Is (10[1])the Night. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: F. Scott Fitzgerald [or Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald]
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