Sun Cooper leads Sun Literary with twenty years of experience as an accomplished communicator, editorial project manager, and publishing consultant.

From writing on her inherited great-grandmother's desk to traveling across the West in an Airstream, Sun grew a nomadic studio into an editorial agency collaborating with Big Five publishers and philanthropic literary organizations worldwide. 

At ease with projects small and big, Sun builds trust and brightens connections across multiple terrains of perspective, histories, cultures, experience and expertise. She has assembled and leads a stable of 100+ writers, reviewers, and consultants on a project-by-project basis. She co-founded the SunLit + DIVE with Karina Puente Arts to facilitate a women's writing series for literary nonprofits and artistic projects. Prioritizing creativity and shared progress, she has guided authors and managed book development projects for Big Five Publishers to successful publications, and more importantly, fufulfilling outcomes.

Her own projects have been featured in American Cowboy, WAVES: A Confluence of Women's Voices, National Geographic, Southern Writers and more. Read the HER JOURNEY Series here in partnership with UNUM Magazine.

Edited projects include work for writers new and established - such as Diane Gilliam, author of Kettle Bottom; Shonda Buchanan, author of Black Indian; Aric S. Queen, author of Nat Geo's The Good Traveler series; Kate Oliver, author of The Modern Caravan; Melissa Coss Aquino, author of Carmen and Grace; and Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior and Waves Returning.

Sun was named A Room of Her Own Foundation's 2015 Blackbird Fellow and serves on the advisory board for Read Your World. 



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Sun Literary's Vision Map

As the daughter of multiple inheritances, Sun Lit subscribes to creativity and shared progress. The logo for Sun Literary is a migration of suns and maps a symbolic journey, in both work and life. Sun Lit maps a deeply-informed, generous approach to storytelling projects and collaborations. 

"We gave thanks for the story, for all parts of the story because it was by the light of those challenges we knew ourselves." – Joy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings

"Let a generous spirit sustain my life." - The Book of Psalms

 

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