As per her usual practice, Ms. Balkissoon meanders all over the place in this article.  Apparently, we cannot read a book on historical fiction unless we fact check first (seems backwards in order, even if a reader is so inclined).  Surely, a reader can realize the book they picked up is historical f-i-c-t-i-o-n and not a history text.  Are the 'facts' referenced in the title related to Mr. Boyden's research and story telling or are they are they related to the controversy over his (vague) native heritage?  It is a complicated issue, created by Boyden himself, but for our journalist complicates the matter by comparing her ancestors to a work of historical fiction and neglects to be explicit that the author of those works is of the same race of the characters that he created in his story.  Therefore, are we to draw the conclusion that to write a story about a particular group of people that you have to be a member of their racial cohort? Helpful, but not mandatory.