Jane Chisholm author page

Jane Chisholm biography

Jane Chisholm is a British children’s author and long-serving Editorial Director at Usborne Publishing. Her background includes growing up in Moscow, Singapore and rural Sussex. Before university she worked as a social worker in Botswana, spending time in the Kalahari; she later joined Usborne, where she has overseen and developed wide-ranging nonfiction for young readers.

Chisholm writes and edits fact books noted for clear explanations, timelines and visual aids that support independent research in schools and libraries. Her work spans history, geography and STEM, from first reference to large-format encyclopedias and lift-the-flap guides.

Her credits include major Usborne reference and activity titles created alone or in collaboration with specialist writers and illustrators. Among them are Timelines of World History, The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece, Who Built the Pyramids?, Who Were the Vikings?, Lift-the-Flap Picture Atlas, Look Inside Science and Coding for Beginners Using Scratch. Her books appear in multiple editions and are widely used for topic work across Key Stages.

Selected works: Timelines of World History; The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece (with Struan Reid and Lisa Miles); Who Built the Pyramids? (with Struan Reid); Who Were the Vikings?; Lift-the-Flap Picture Atlas; Look Inside Science; Coding for Beginners Using Scratch.