Author(s): Sheilah Graham

Literary biography

In 1937, on the night of her engagement to the Marquess of Donegall, Sheilah Graham met F. Scott Fitzgerald at a party in Hollywood. Graham, a British-born journalist, broke off her engagement and the two writers lived the fervid, sometimes violent affair that is memorialised here with unprecedented intimacy. Graham kept her demons secret - she believed herself to be 'a fascinating fake.' Most poignantly, she keenly felt her lack of education. Fitzgerald became her passionate tutor, guiding her through a curriculum of his own design.