There's almost nothing in the book about her life before she met Scott, and only a brief Afterword covering the years from when Scott died in 1940 until her death in 1948. I think this novel will be absolute perfection for readers who just want a quick romp through the years of Zelda's life that are most relevant to her role as the wife of a famous and very troubled writer. She was exceptional in so many ways, but she was also human. Z is the story of a complex and fascinating woman who was so much more than I knew when I began researching her life.

But in the same way that none of us can be or should be defined by one aspect of our lives, Zelda cannot be defined so simply either. Popular culture (Midnight in Paris, for one example) has made Zelda into a caricature, reduced her to being only an edgy flapper, or only an unstable, jealous spouse, or only a pathetic, 'insane' drain of her husband's creativity and life. My mission was to set the record straight. Much of what we think we know about the Fitzgeralds comes from unreliable sources or has been spun into half-true myth. My personal approach to biographical fiction is to unearth and then represent the truth, even when it contradicts what people think they know about the characters involved. Z is fiction, but my research was extensive and thorough, and in telling the story I've stayed very close to the established facts. You might appreciate knowing a little bit more about what went into the creation of the novel, and why I chose to write fiction about people whose lives are so thoroughly documented in biographies. It All Comes Down to This (2022), St.Many thanks for your interest in Z.A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts (2018), St.

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald (2013), St.

įowler is married to the author John Kessel. The series, titled Z: The Beginning of Everything, was released on January 27, 2017. The work has been adapted for television by Killer Films and Amazon Studios, with Christina Ricci and David Hoflin in the roles of Zelda and F. She is best known for Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, published in 2013. Therese Anne Fowler (born April 22, 1967) is a contemporary American author.

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