Candace Bushnell

Candace Bushnell is an American novelist and television producer based in New York City. Raised in Connecticut, she wrote a column for the New York Observer from 1994 to 1996, which was adapted into the bestselling Sex and the City anthology. The book was the basis for the HBO hit series Sex and the City and two subsequent movies. She followed the bestselling work with the international bestselling novels 4 Blondes, Trading Up, Lipstick Jungle, One Fifth Avenue, The Carrie Diaries and Summer and the City. Two of her novels have been adapted for television: Lipstick Jungle on NBC, and The Carrie Diaries on the CW. One Fifth Avenue has been optioned by the Mark Gordon Company and ABC for yet another television show.