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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 (10[1])inspired a short (10[1])story about the caddy Dexter Green pursuing Judy Jones. (10[3])A summer 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. This author of “Winter Dreams” wrote a novel about (10[1])Dick and Nicole Driver, (10[2]-5[1])whose marriage is modeled on this author’s own relationship with his wife Zelda Sayre. For 10 points, name this author of The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Tender Is the Night. (10[1])■END■

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