Prince is working on a memoir to be published in fall 2017 by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House. The singer shared the news on Friday.
While at an invitation-only performance at the Manhattan club Avenue, Prince said the book’s working title is “The Beautiful Ones,” after a song from his hit 1984 album “Purple Rain.”
“The good people of Random House have made me an offer that I can’t refuse,” Prince said to a crowd of about 300 people, according to the New York Times. “You all still read books, right? We’re starting right at the beginning — my first memory — and hopefully we can move all the way to the Super Bowl.”
In an announcement, Chris Jackson, Spiegel & Grau Executive Editor said, “Prince is a towering figure in global culture and his music has been the soundtrack for untold numbers of people — including me — for more than a generation; his creative genius has provided the musical landscape of our lives.”
Adding, “Millions of words have been written about Prince — books and articles, essays and criticism — but we’re thrilled to be publishing Prince’s powerful reflections on his own life in his own incandescently vivid, witty, and poetic voice.”
