Complex sentence: Elizabeth Kostova was born in New London, Connecticut and is a graduate of Yale University, and holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress.
Split into simpler sentences: Elizabeth Kostova was born in New London, Connecticut and is a graduate of Yale University. She holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress.