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