Complex sentence: She moved to Edinburgh in 2007, in order to research her first novel, a romantic satire (yet unpublished), living for a year before moving back to her hometown in 2008.
Split into simpler sentences: She moved to Edinburgh, in 2007, in order to research her first novel, a romantic satire (yet unpublished). She lived for a year in the city before moving back to her hometown in 2008.