Role models of greatness.

Here you will discover the back stories of kings, titans of industry, stellar athletes, giants of the entertainment field, scientists, politicians, artists and heroes – all of them gay or bisexual men. If their lives can serve as role models to young men who have been bullied or taught to think less of themselves for their sexual orientation, all the better. The sexual orientation of those featured here did not stand in the way of their achievements.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Marc Acito

How I Paid for College by Marc Acito: 9780767918541 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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. 

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