Complex sentence: Douglas Preston (born May 20,1956 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American author who has written twenty-six popular techno-thriller and horror novels, five alone and the rest with Lincoln Child.
Split into simpler sentences: Douglas Preston (born May 20,1956 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American author of techno-thriller and horror novels. He has written 26 novels, five alone and the rest with Lincoln Child.