Mark Ronson announces memoir, ‘Night People’
Mark Ronson has announced details of his new memoir, Night People, which focuses on his time DJing in New York during the 1990s.
The book is set for release on September 15th, 2025. It was also announced today that Century Editorial director Zennor Compton has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Vanessa Kerr at Aevitas Creative Management for Night People.
The autobiography doesn’t tell the full story of Ronson’s career. Instead, it explores how music rescued Ronson and how the DJing scene in New York gave him a sense of belonging after previously feeling like an outsider due to moving from London at an early age with Night People promising to transport readers to euphoric nights on the dancefloor.
In a statement, Ronson said of the book: “DJing in 90s New York City informed everything I ever did after, becoming the foundation for all my future work and creativity,’ said Mark Ronson ‘In Night People, I wanted to capture that transformative period of my life and celebrate three of my great loves: the art of DJing, the thrilling energy of New York City after dark, and the wild and wonderful characters who populated our world and became my second family.”
The producer continued: “This book is my love letter to a vanished era that shaped not just my career but my identity—a time when finding my craft put me on the path to finding myself.”
Meanwhile, publisher Zennor Compton added: ‘With Night People, Mark Ronson proves himself to be not only the hitmaker of a generation but a gifted writer. Ronson writes about 90s New York City in such a vivid way that you feel as if you’re partying right there beside him. This is a book about a place, a time, a scene but it’s also Ronson’s origin story.”
Compton also described it as “a hugely personal account of the events and characters that made him who he is today.” She also said Night People promises to explore “his musical passion and expertise is woven through every page of this memoir.” The publisher concluded by stating her confidence that it will eventually be recognised as “a classic music memoir.”
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