Marc Acito (b. January 11, 1966) is an American playwright, novelist, and humorist. His comic novel How I Paid for College won the 2005 Ken Kesey Award for Best Novel and was voted a 2005 "Teens Top Ten for favorite young adult book" of the American Library Association. In April 2008 Acito published a sequel, Attack of the Theater People.
In addition to his humor column and essays, he has attained a major theatrical career as librettist and adapter for stage works.
Acito lives in New York City with his husband, Floyd Sklaver.


