How Can We Collaborate?
Editing
Need editorial services for your book or communications project? We offer high-level, publication-standard services for digital content, newsletters, books-in-progress, and more. We warmly accept a limited number of individual and agency projects each year.
Editorial Reviews
Our global network of over 100 multicultural consultants has been built over years - prioritizing creativity, shared progress, and multicultural literacy. We've spearheaded large-scale reviews for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Scholastic, and more.
SunLit + DIVE
With a heart for women-led stories and agency, Sun Literary has partnered with Karina Puente Arts to provide a regenerative writing series designed especially for women writers and sojourners.
Project Management
Our times call for clear and visionary communication across diverse mediums that remain rooted in stories and connection. For over a decade, Sun Lit has shepherded multicultural projects and agencies at various stages of concept, strategy, delivery, and communications to effective storytelling and award-winning publications.
On Working Together
"The medium for the soul, it seems, must be the message ... remembering what is most important in the order of priorities and what place we occupy in a much greater story than the one our job description defines ... Whatever we choose to do, the stakes are very high. With a little more care, a little more courage, and, above all, a little more soul, our lives can be so easily discovered and celebrated in work."
- David Whyte, The Heart Aroused
Clients
Some of Sun Lit's author and publisher collaborations include A Room of Her Own Foundation, Barnes & Noble Press, KDP, Artisan Books, Chronicle, She Writes, Familius, National Geographic, Scholastic Publisher, Common Sense Media, Seventy Seven Press, Heinemann Publisher, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
How can we assist your communications or publishing project?
Kind Words from Clients
"I have known and worked with Sun Cooper in a variety of professional and artistic settings for close to a decade now. She brings a deep intelligence, consummate professionalism, and a unique blend of creativity and precision to all of her work. From her writing to her coaching and editorial work, I have found all of my work improves under her expansive vision. She is an extraordinary leader and facilitator at ease with projects big and small. She brings immense skill and insight to every challenge. I have also served on a board and done projects under her guidance. I cannot say enough about the unique creative light Sun brings to all of her projects, and the strong center of 'get it done well' that keeps it all moving towards the best outcome! Momentum building with intelligent creative focus is a hallmark of her style." - Dr. Melissa Coss Aquino, professor of English at Bronx CUNY and published author
"I recommend Sun Cooper for her incredible work as an editor, for project management, and for her leadership in the publishing industry. I've worked with her on several book projects and during each one she was extremely professional, timely with replies, and considerate of any questions as they arose. Her professionalism always led me to work more closely with her on other personal projects. I would certainly recommend her and her agency, Sun Literary, for any editorial position or leadership role." - Shonda Buchanan, Pushcart Prize nominee and published author
"Throughout multiple book projects, Sun was a collaborative partner who understood the needs and demands of publishing. I would highly recommend Sun Literary." - Jeff Byrd, Senior Director at Heinemann Publisher
"I was struck by her combination of professionalism and grounded presence. She treated our work with respect, clearly outlined her processes and protocols, and was an excellent communicator throughout. Our experience with Sun Literary was outstanding." - Jennie MacDonald, Director of Publishing Partnerships for Collaborative Classroom
"Sun has written several commissioned features for us and I would say her writing is masterful and her work ethic superb." - Gabriella Schiavino, senior editor at American Cowboy and Western Heritage award recipient
Sun Lit's Recommended Book List
Want to check out Sun Lit's book and content recommendations for writing & craft, cultural intelligence, and good reading? Some of Sun Lit's team + their work is proudly featured here. This list is organic and growing. Browse our Shelf.
Accessibility
Nearly 1 in 5 people in the U.S. identify as living with a disability (ADA, US Census) and the numbers increase globally; but this representation is unique in that it is marginalized in both accessibility to narratives and representation in those narratives.
Sun Literary's leadership embodies representation in this vast, beautiful community and is a member of the Diversability Leadership Collective. If you would like support or accessibility consultation: Contact Us.
Supportive Publishing
Sun Literary has supported and served as advisor to the following literary publications and nonprofits.
A Room of Her Own Foundation
The AROHO story is not about any one woman; it’s a story about all of us — our origins, our works of art, and how we make room for each other.
In 2020, A Room of Her Own celebrated its twentieth anniversary of nonprofit advocacy of women's voices worldwide.
UNUM
A global magazine dedicated to highlighting and celebrating women, of diverse backgrounds, by sharing their personal stories and achievements.
Read Your World
Read Your World celebrates diverse children's books, supports authors and illustrators, and generously provides these books for readers, families, and classrooms every year.
Translation and Translanguaging Services
In need of translation or translanguaging services? Sun Lit recommends Translata. Ask for Gina.
On assignment with American Cowboy some years ago for a conservation article featuring Tejon Ranch in California, my son and I rode to the top of the Tehachapi Range with local vaqueros. Here lived the Kitanemuk People, whose descendants today are enrolled in the Tejon Indian Tribe of California. Sun Lit supports returning ancestral lands to tribal stewardship.
From Tallgrass Prairies to whales of the West Coast, our journey has taken a thousand roads. All photos are from Follow the Buffalo archives and belong to Sun Cooper.