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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 “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 inspired a short story about the caddy Dexter Green pursuing (10[1])Judy Jones. A summer (10[1])that this author of The Crack-Up spent in Montana may have influenced the setting of a work in which John Unger is almost killed after learning about a mountain owned by Percy Washington’s family. (10[1])This author of “Winter Dreams” wrote a novel about Dick and Nicole Driver, whose marriage is modeled on this author’s own relationship with his wife Zelda Sayre. (10[3])For 10 points, name this author (10[1])of (10[1])The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Tender Is the Night. ■END■

ANSWER: F. Scott Fitzgerald [or Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald]
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Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A6410
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DClemson A6810
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William BarnesTennesse AAlabama A12910
Zachary KantEmory AGeorgia Tech E12910
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