Complex sentence: After moving to lower Manhattan in 1998, Lira wrote, produced and directed a comic short film, "So Kinky", before writing his next book, "Acrobat" (2002).
Split into simpler sentences: After moving to lower Manhattan in 1998, Lira wrote, produced and directed a comic short film, "So Kinky". He wrote his next book, "Acrobat", in (2002).