The Great Gatsby has an author.
F. Scott Fitzgerald . He finished four novels : This Side of Paradise , The Beautiful and Damned , The Great Gatsby , and Tender Is the Night . The Great Gatsby . Progress was slow , with Fitzgerald completing his first draft following a move to the French Riviera in 1924 . His editor , Maxwell Perkins , felt the book was vague and persuaded the author to revise over the next winter .