Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900 – 1948) is best known as the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and for being the first true Jazz Age flapper in the 1920s. She was also a talented painter and dancer, as well as a writer in her own right. Here, we’ll explore Save Me the Waltz and other writings of Zelda Fitzgerald, which certainly deserve a fresh look.

Struggling first against the excesses of her own Roaring Twenties lifestyle and then battling mental illness, Zelda never achieved the critical success of her husband nor had the chance to fully develop her skills. According to her daughter Frances (Scottie) Fitzgerald:

“It was my mother’s misfortune to have been born with the ability to write, to dance, and to paint, and then never to have acquired the discipline to make her talent work for, rather than against, her.” Read More→