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Candace Bushnell is an acclaimed American author, journalist, and TV producer. She wrote the bestselling “Sex and the City” anthology, which was adapted into an iconic HBO series. Bushnell has also penned several other popular novels, some of which have been adapted for television.
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About the Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnellis an American author, journalist, and television producer. She wrote a column for The New York Observerthat was adapted into the bestselling Sex and the City anthology. The book was the basis for the HBO hit series Sex and the Cityand two subsequent movies.
Bushnell followed this with the international bestselling novels 4 Blondesand Summer and the Cityon NBC, and The Carrie Diarieson The CW. One Fifth Avenue has been optioned by the Mark Gordon Company and ABC for another television show.
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Candace Bushnell is an American author, journalist, and television producer. She is best known for writing the column that was adapted into the bestselling Sex and the City anthology, which was the basis for the popular HBO series of the same name.
In addition to the Sex and the City books, Candace Bushnell has written several other international bestselling novels, including 4 Blondes, Trading Up, Lipstick Jungle, One Fifth Avenue, The Carrie Diaries, and Summer and the City.
Candace Bushnell was born on December 1, 1958.
Two of Candace Bushnell’s novels have been adapted for television: Lipstick Jungle (2008-2009) on NBC, and The Carrie Diaries (2013-2014) on The CW.
Candace Bushnell originally wrote a column for The New York Observer from 1994 to 1996, which was later adapted into the bestselling Sex and the City anthology.
Yes, Candace Bushnell’s novel One Fifth Avenue has been optioned by the Mark Gordon Company and ABC for another television show.
The Sex and the City book and TV series led to two subsequent movies.
8 Quotes by Candace Bushnell
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I’ve got a Doppelganger somewhere.
Candace BushnellAmerican author
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Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don’t look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.
Candace BushnellAmerican author
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Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there – I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there.
Candace BushnellAmerican author
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The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, – except on Sex and the City they always make it better or worse than real life and I am actually saying that in a joking way.
Candace BushnellAmerican author
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The ’90s are really the ‘Sex and the City’ woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the ‘Lipstick Jungle’ woman.
Candace BushnellAmerican author
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Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside… Everyone has to find it for themselves.
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Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.
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The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
Candace BushnellAmerican author