Meet the team

Who will be tutoring my child?

Marissa Price - LIT FACTORY Founder, Teacher, Author

Through a blending of professional development, anecdotal teaching and an instinctive way of appealing to all styles of learners, The Literature Factory was born and our  programs refined and developed. Marissa works with all of The Literature Factory tutors to make sure that the learning program we develop for your child is targeted, helpful and achievable. 

Marissa is a secondary school teacher with extensive experience working in all year levels from Prep-Year 12. She is also a qualified counsellor and uses her experience to blend learning and caring in a way that helps students to understand they are seen, accepted and supported. Marissa has developed programs for all year levels, with a specific focus on English and literacy. She also supports university students studying law, teaching, criminology and counter terrorism. She is also a published author in the professional and fiction spheres. 
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Nicole Bonelli Madeley - Author, Lit Factory Tutor

Nicole is a passionate educator and has been in education for over 10 years as an Education Assistant, working mainly in the early years in both the state and private systems.  She has been in her current position at a private independent school for the past 6 years.  In this time Nicole has had the privilege of working with a number of outstanding senior teachers who have imparted onto her their vast knowledge, experience, wisdom and skills.
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Literacy is Nicole’s love and she thoroughly enjoys teaching and sharing with children the joy of reading and creating their own stories through imagination. She is also a published author with her children’s book series, ‘Chooks on a Mission: Adventures of Gloria and Edwina.’  Nicole’s book series has a strong emphasis on developing children’s phonological awareness and building their skills in reading, writing and spelling. Nicole is honoured to be apart of any child’s learning journey and looks forward to working with your family.

Shannon Horsfall - Author, Illustrator, Lit Factory Tutor 

Shannon is an author illustrator with a background in graphic design. Her first picture book ‘Was Not Me!’ was published in 2016 by Harper Collins, and her second, ‘Nomax!’ in June 2017. 

Her head is always filled with characters creating mess, mischief and mayhem. She describes herself as a grown-up whose inner child is not always kept safely inner. She holds high the value literacy gives to children young and not so young and has developed a range of workshops for all ages to share her love of the written word and the illustrative process. Shannon believes in engaging students in process and encouraging individual creativity to inspire them and develop their literacy skills.

Jaymee Richards - LIT FACTORY TUTOR 

Jaymee is a highly motivated individual with a big heart and caring attitude. She enjoys immersing herself in new knowledge, usually to an almost obsessive degree! With a bachelor’s degree in Business (Public Relations) she understands how important relationships are and always prides herself on being approachable, honest and helpful; always willing to go the extra mile. She is a life-long learner and subscribes to the theory that you can never have too much information. Jaymee pursued a career in fashion and costume design; studying Fashion Design and Technology at TAFE where she got her diploma and then continued her studies further with a Diploma of Specialist Makeup Services. She continued her career in the Brisbane theatre scene for years before moving to Bribie Island. Tutoring provides her with the outlet to pass on her many skills and talents and what she has learnt through her years of tertiary education.
She enjoys tutoring as a place to help young minds nurture and grow and absorb all the information that they can. Jaymee especially enjoys debating topics and challenging preconceived notions and views; she believes the world was meant to be understood from more than one angle. Helping others is her main passion but she also enjoys discovering new information for herself. She is an avid nerd, geek and gamer and enjoy the pop culture scene in her spare time.