Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Rudyard Kipling even published a short story entitled `` Janeites '' about a group of World War I soldiers who were fans of Austen 's novels .
Simplified: Rudyard Kipling even printed a short story called `` Janeites '' about a group of World War I soldiers who were fans of Austen 's novels .