Usborne Encyclopedias is a 7-book series with 8 primary works first released in 1988 with contributions by Kirsteen Rogers, Laura Howell, Cliff Rosney, Annabel Craig, Jane Bingham, Fiona Chandler, Sam Taplin, Anna Claybourne, Felicity Brooks, Phillip Clarke, Liz Dalby, and Fiona Chandler Susie McCaffrey David Hancock.