Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Jane Austen , the author of such works as Pride and Prejudice ( 1813 ) and Emma ( 1815 ) , has become one of the best-known and widely read novelists in the English language .
Simplified: Jane Austen , the writer of such works as Pride and Prejudice ( 1813 ) and Emma ( 1815 ) , has become one of the most famous novelists in the English language .