Caroline Alexander is an American author, classicist and filmmaker. She is the author of the best-selling Skies of Thunder, The Endurance, The Bounty, and other works of literary non-fiction. In 2015, she published an acclaimed translation of Homer's Iliad, the first English translation of an Homeric poem by a woman. Alexander is also a writer and producer of documentaries such as The Endurance (based upon her book of the same title) and Tiger Tiger. == Personal life and education == Born Marc…