Complex sentence: Jeff Grubb's first novel, "Azure Bonds", was coauthored with his wife, Kate Novak, and first published in 1988 as was part of "The Finder's Stone Trilogy".
Split into simpler sentences: Jeff Grubb's first novel, "Azure Bonds", was coauthored with his wife, Kate Novak, and first published in 1988. It was part of "The Finder's Stone Trilogy".