Emily Sun Li is a Chinese American children's book writer with an MA in Children’s Literature and MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons University. She began her career in education teaching high school English literature at the Taft School while earning her M.S.Ed. through the University of Pennsylvania’s Independent School Teaching Residency program. Afterwards, she taught elementary English in Kaohsiung, Taiwan as a Fulbright scholar. She studied creative writing and environmental science at Emory University, graduating summa cum laude.