100 Things to Know About Food

About Alice JamesJerome MartinRachel FirthRose HallSam Baer

Alice James (Author) Alice James joined Usborne after working in primary schools for a while. She absolutely loves science and over the years has lived with chimps spent a month in the rainforest studied Biology at Oxford University and grown 200 carnivorous plants (not necessarily in that order). Whilst at Usborne Alice has worked on books on all kinds of science topics from space to energy to the periodic table.Jerome Martin (Author) Jerome Martin has written children's books about science history Shakespeare and food. Before joining Usborne in 2014 he spent a decade studying literature at Harvard Cambridge and the University of Iowa and several years behaving responsibly in a copywriting office. Now he spends his working hours researching delightful and amazing facts his evening hours parenting two children and the minutes in-between writing poetry.Sam Baer (Author) Sam Baer grew up on the tiny island of Jersey before setting off on adventures in not-quite-so-tiny England. Since 2011 he's been writing books about everything from imps and elves to Victorian fashion. It's a dream job - almost as good as being a superhero.Rachel Firth (Author) Rachel spent 11 years studying and teaching philosophy at the universities of London and Oxford before joining Usborne. Since then she has written books on subjects ranging from knights to food to philosophy as well as retelling folk stories and writing children's versions of numerous novels.Rose Hall (Author) Rose grew up in Northumberland studied Physiology at Oxford and looked after orphaned orangutans for a bit. She worked in the charity sector for ten years writing about issues from renewable energy to the safety of workers in Bangladesh. For Usborne she's written books about engineering business computers and the environment.