Complex sentence: Patty Dann (born October 30,1953) is an American novelist and nonfiction writer, perhaps best known for "Mermaids", a coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl which was published in 1986.
Split into simpler sentences: Patty Dann (born October 30,1953) is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. She wrote "Mermaids", a coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl published in 1986.