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Terence Hawkins is an American author of numerous short stories and The Rage of Achilles, a novelization of Homer's The Iliad.

Background and Education
Terence Hawkins was born in 1956 in Uniontown, PA where most of his family were coalminers. He received his Bachelor's from Yale, then his law degree from the University of Wisconsin. He returned to New Haven in 1985, where he currently practices as a trial lawyer specializing in medical malpractice.

The Rage of Achilles
Hawkins' first novel, The Rage of Achilles, is a novelization of Homer's The Iliad, told in modern language but following the original characters and plot.

It tells the story of Achilles, a monstrous hero, by turns vain and selfish, cruel and noble; of Paris, weak and consumed by lust for his stolen bride; of Agamemnon, driven nearly to insanity by the voices of the gods; and of Trojans and Achaeans, the warriors and the peasants caught up in the conflict, their families torn apart by a decade-long war.

Hawkins said that he wanted to recreate the immediacy and realism of the classic for modern audiences, saying the novel is like, "Saving Private Ryan meets The Iliad."

Short stories and other media
Since 1995, Terence Hawkin's work has appeared in Keyhole, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), Pindeldyboz, Eclectica, Megaera, and Ape Culture. He is a frequent contributor to the New Haven Register, and his work has appeared on Connecticut Public Radio.