Bob Smith

Bob Smith is author of the bestselling humorous memoirs Openly Bob (winner of a Lambda Literary Award) and Way to Go, Smith and the novel Selfish and Perverse , which was one of three finalists for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. As a standup comic, he broke barriers as the first openly gay comedian to appear on The Tonight Show and was featured in his own HBO comedy special. His comic essays and articles have appeared in The Advocate and Out . He grew up in Buffalo, New York, and...See more

Bob Smith is author of the bestselling humorous memoirs Openly Bob (winner of a Lambda Literary Award) and Way to Go, Smith and the novel Selfish and Perverse , which was one of three finalists for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. As a standup comic, he broke barriers as the first openly gay comedian to appear on The Tonight Show and was featured in his own HBO comedy special. His comic essays and articles have appeared in The Advocate and Out . He grew up in Buffalo, New York, and lives in New York City. See less