Viking Press is an American publishing house founded in 1925 in New York by Harold Guinzburg and George Oppenheimer. It quickly established a reputation for literary distinction, publishing important fiction and nonfiction and attracting major authors.
Over its history Viking has been home to an extraordinary list of writers, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, and has published many works regarded as classics of American and world literature. Its emblem, a Viking ship, was designed at its founding.
The house publishes across literary and commercial categories, maintaining a balance of prestige and broad appeal. It has played a significant role in twentieth- and twenty-first-century literary publishing.
Now an imprint of Penguin Random House, Viking continues to publish prominent fiction and nonfiction. Its long tradition of literary excellence keeps it among the most respected names in American publishing.