Century Editorial Director Zennor Compton has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Vanessa Kerr at Aevitas Creative Management to Night People, a memoir from multi-award winning producer Mark Ronson. Night People will be published on 25 September 2025.
Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack. Behind some of the biggest musical moments in the past two decades is one man: Mark Ronson. Now, his memoir Night People captures the music, characters, escapades and energy of his formative DJ days in 90s New York.
Mark Ronson was born a night person. With hedonistic creatives for parents, parties became his playground. Yet, having moved to New York City from London at a young age, he always felt like a bit of an outsider, until discovering himself in the pulsing, unifying joy of the city’s parties and hip-hop scene. Each night brought a heady mix of music, ambition, danger, delight, and possibilities. Having well and truly caught the DJing bug, he worked to find his place and make his name in the city that never sleeps.
Night People conjures the undeniable magic of 90s New York, when clubs were diverse, glamorous, a little lawless. It evokes the rush of a time and place where fashionistas and rappers on the rise danced alongside club kids and 9-to-5'ers – and invites us into the tribe of creatives and partiers who came alive when the sun went down. A heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Night People is the definitive account of a cultural moment and the making of a musical mastermind.
Mark Ronson says: '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. 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.'
Zennor Compton says: ‘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 – a hugely personal account of the events and characters that made him who he is today. His musical passion and expertise is woven through every page of this memoir. We’re incredibly excited to be publishing Night People, which we know is destined to become a classic music memoir.’
