Complex sentence: He was briefly a reporter for the "Turlock Journal" until publication of his first novel, "The King's Beard" (1952), at age thirty-seven, when he settled permanently in Hermosa Beach, California as a full-time author.
Split into simpler sentences: He was briefly a reporter for the "Turlock Journal" until the publication of his first novel, "The King's Beard" (1952), at age thirty-seven. He then settled permanently in Hermosa Beach, California as a full-time author.