Candace Bushnell Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Matrix Award for books in 2006 as well as the Albert Einstein Spirit of Achievement Award
• Attended both Rice University and New York University
• Began writing for the New York Observer in 1993 and created her column "Sex and the City" there a year later
• Began writing the newspaper column that was the precursor for "Sex and the City," titled "The Human Cartoon," for Hamptons Magazine in 1990
• Moved to New York City at the age of 19, where she was forced to sleep on a foam mattress in an apartment that did not have a kitchen
• Is the creator and writer of the web series "The Broadroom" starring Jennie Garth
• Began publishing in 1996 and has had several of her works turned into acclaimed television series, like "Lipstick Jungle" and "The Carrie Diaries," in addition to "Sex and the City․"
• Worked as a freelance writer for publications including Esquire and Mademoiselle before publishing her first novel and selling her television pitch for "Sex and the City" to HBO in 1996
• Hosted her own radio talk show on Sirius Satellite Radio in the late 2000s titled Sex, Success and Sensibility
• Admits that Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and the City" is her alter ego