Unnamed Press publishes literary fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on debuts by women, underrepresented voices and people of color, as well as internationally focused speculative and fantasy.
Heiser and Olivia Taylor Smith after meeting in 2011 at the Los Angeles Review of Books and was originally intended to be an ebook-only publisher, focused on genre fiction set outside of the United States.
[3] The press began with early success in publishing global fiction from Deji Bryce Olukotun (Nigerians in Space), Kristiina Ehin (Walker on Water), and Kazi Anis Ahmed (Good Night, Mr.
[3] Authors published by Unnamed Press include Pulitzer Prize-winner Dale Maharidge, Man-Booker Prize-winner Jennifer Croft, Fariha Róisín, Ken Dychtwald, Alex Espinoza, Bethany C. Morrow, Jessie Chaffee, Malu Halasa, Agnès Desarthe, Saad Z. Hossain, Stefan G. Bucher, Margaret Wappler, Janet Capron, David Ulin, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Kazi Anis Ahmed, Merle Kröger, James Boice (writer), Janice Pariat, J.M.
[9] In 2017, Unnamed published After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun — a follow-up science fiction thriller and sequel to the first book issued by the press (Nigerians in Space).