Vincent Virga

Vincent Virga, born in Greenwich Village in 1942, was raised in a family of seven on Long Island. Vincent was obsessed with movies, and books, and pop music, and dancing, and had been Macy's Most Beautiful Child - the foundation for a life somewhere over the rainbow.In 1964, he went to Yale's Graduate School of Drama where he met James McCourt. In 1965, he "came out" in Paris in the shadow of Notre Dame and made an exclusive commitment to McCourt; they celebrated their 60th anniversary in 2025...See more

Vincent Virga, born in Greenwich Village in 1942, was raised in a family of seven on Long Island. Vincent was obsessed with movies, and books, and pop music, and dancing, and had been Macy's Most Beautiful Child - the foundation for a life somewhere over the rainbow.In 1964, he went to Yale's Graduate School of Drama where he met James McCourt. In 1965, he "came out" in Paris in the shadow of Notre Dame and made an exclusive commitment to McCourt; they celebrated their 60th anniversary in 2025.Vincent Virga has been called "America's foremost picture editor." He has researched, edited, and designed picture sections for more than 150 books, including Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States and Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations. He also spent over two decades working with the curators at the Library of Congress on 29 books.His most celebrated novel, Gaywyck, sparked a revolution as the first gay gothic romance. ReQueered Tales is reissuing it, the sequel Vadriel Vail, and two follow-up novels, completing a Quartet of indescribable delight. A Comfortable Corner, his second published fiction, was also recently reissued. See less