Candace Bushnell (born 1959) is a New York City writer. She has gained fame with her New York social lifestyle and sex books and columns.
Bushnell was, in the late 1970s, known all over New York as a party goer and socialite, and one of her favorite places was the old Studio 54. Later on in life, she got a job as a columnist in the New York Observer.
In 1994, her editor-in-chief asked her if she wanted to write a column for the paper, and she accepted the job. She wanted a column based on the adventures she and her friends usually spoke about, and she called it Sex and the City.
In 1997, HBO started airing a show, Sex and the City, based on, but not exactly like, Bushnell's column. Sex and the City the television show enhanced Bushnell's already growing fame, making her name known to many non-book readers as well. HBO executives recently announced that the 2003 season will be the last one for Sex and the City on the air.
Many other writers have compared one of the girls of the show, Carrie, to Bushnell, because Carrie, like Bushnell, is also a newspaper sex and lifestyles columnist who enjoys the New York night-life.
Candace Bushnell books
Some of her books have been reproduced in paperback, hardcover or audio tapes.
