Edited sentence: " (Thom, 2010)."Not all the knowledge you'll use is written knowledge."The truth is always being modified.(Brown, 2012).Accurate timeline of events that match up with the time period in which it is being written.An author's job is to write creatively; for a historical fiction author, it is also to creatively research.Audio Archives from "Historical Fiction and The Search for Truth"- 2009 Key West Literary Seminar.Authentic setting/characters.Both a historian and a historical novelist have to know that, in order to know what they're up against.But all the same, they know the truth is the truth, and they must seek it out.Defining the Genre: What are the rules for historical fiction.Historical Fiction database, divided by time period.Historical Fiction recommended reading.Period Dramas.Plausibility (reader should feel as though the events in the novel could have really happened).Searching for the truth:.The Historical Novel Society - Historical Novel Society an international organization for historical fiction writers and readers.They have to know how elusive the truth is.Though archives are a main source, there are other sources, such as oral histories and old pictures, artifacts in museums, and your own memory of historical facts that you've been taught.com – a costume-drama movie database based around a historical timeline.from the Historical Novel Society