Ladies' Night was the second novel written, but tenth published by Jack Ketchum. The novel is reminiscent of survival movies such as Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead since it deals with survival in extreme urban circumstances. Initially deemed too graphic to publish, the novel, written in the early 1980s at a length of approximately 400 pages, was finally released in 1997 at a length of 175 pages by Silver Salamander Press.