Maria attended the Universities of Oregon (Eugene) and California (Santa Barbara) where she obtained degrees in Resource Management, Kinesiology, and Coaching. She ultimately settled in Southern California where she writes for the equine, adventure travel, restaurant, and New Age markets as well as for television and film. She divides her time between her ranch in Northeastern Oregon, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and other hidden corners of the off-the-beaten world path.

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Bibliography & Writing credits

BOOKS

Belknap, Maria.  Tales of a Beverly Hills Bitch.  Beverly Hills, CA: Dog Star Press, 2008.

-----.  The Ultimate English/Spanish Dictionary for Horsemen.  Lexington, Kentucky: Eclipse Press, 2006.

-----.  Restaurant & Bar English/Spanish Spanish/English Dictionary.  Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2006.

-----.  Horseman’s Spanish/English Poster III, Los Angeles: Maria Belknap, 2005.
Irwin, John with Maria Belknap (ed.), The Warehouse Prison, Disposal of the New Dangerous Class.  Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing, 2005.

-----. Higginson, James with Maria Belknap (ed), Portraits of Violence.  Los Angeles: D3G Press, 2005.
Belknap, Maria.  Horsewords, The Equine Dictionary (2nd ed.).  North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2004.

-----.  The Allen Equine Dictionary (2nd ed.).  London: Robert Hale & Assoc., 2004.
Hammer, Jerry and Maria Belknap, Dangerous People.  Los Angeles: Hammer Publications, 2004.
Belknap, Maria (ed.), Motion Picture Production, Technical Trade. Los Angeles: 2003.

------.  Horseman’s Spanish/English Poster II, Los Angeles: Maria Belknap, 2003.

-----.  Horseman’s English/Spanish Dictionary (Rev. ed.).  Ossining, New York: Breakthrough Publications, 2002.

-----.  Horseman’s English/Spanish Dictionary (3nd ed.).  Ossining, New York: Breakthrough Publications, 1998.     
      
-----.  The Allen Equine Dictionary.  London: J.A. Allen, 1997.

-----.  Horsewords: The Equine Dictionary.  North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1997.

-----.  Horseman’s English/Spanish Dictionary (Rev. ed.).  Ossining, New York: Breakthrough Publications, 1996.

-----.  The Horseman’s German/English Dictionary.  Wipperfurth, Germany: Verlag Ute Kierdorf, 1993.

-----.  Horseman’s Spanish/English Dictionary.  New York: MacMillan, 1992.

-----.  Horseman’s Spanish/English Poster, Los Angeles: Maria Belknap, 1990.

PERIODICALS

Belknap, Maria.  “Saddle-up Safari Style, Horseback in Kenya’s Maasailand.”  Equestrian Network Magazine, Jan 2007, 1-2.

-----.  “A Horseback Safari through Time across Africa’s Maasai Land.”  Dallas, Texas: USFR Media Group, 2005.

-----.  “Tanzanian Travel Gem.”  Los Angeles Times [Los Angeles, CA], 23 Jan. 2005, p. L 10.

-----.  “Kenyan Horseback Safari.” Horseplay, March, 1997, 20-24.

-----.  “A Camel Kind of Safari.” Namaskar, April, 1995, 15-17.

COLUMNS

Belknap, Maria. “Becoming Literate in Ranch and Farm Spanish: Using Spanish Verbs to Spring into Action.” Equestrian Network Magazine.  April, 2007.

-----. “Becoming Literate in Ranch and Farm Spanish: To Be or Not to Be, Ser o no Ser.” Equestrian Network Magazine.  March, 2007.

-----. “Becoming Literate in Ranch and Farm Spanish: Plenty of Plurals, Plurales en Abundancia.” Equestrian Network Magazine.  February, 2007.

-----.  “Becoming Literate in Ranch and Farm Spanish: Let’s Talk About Sex, As in Gender.”  Equestrian Network Magazine.  January, 2007.

-----.  “Becoming Literate in Ranch and Farm Spanish: The Basics, Los Basicos.”  Equestrian Network Magazine.  December, 2006.

-----.  “Becoming Literate in Ranch and Farm Spanish: Comprende This.”  Equestrian Network Magazine.  November, 2006

FEATURE FILMS

Tales of a Beverly Hills Bitch - Creator/Screenwriter, 2007

Curse of the Felices – Creator/Screenwriter, 2006

Land of Fruit and Nuts, Skyline Pictures – Screenwriter, 2005

TELEVISION

Beverly Hills Bitch - Creator/Writer Pilot, 2006

Love Kate - Co-Writer Pilot, 2005

21 Rodeo – Creator/Writer, 2004