14 Facts About Candace Bushnell

Candace Bushnell was born on December 1,1958 and is an American author, journalist, and television producer.

Candace Bushnell is the daughter of Calvin L Bushnell and Camille Salonia.

Candace Bushnell's father was one of the inventors of the air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell used in the Apollo space missions in the 1960s.

Candace Bushnell moved to New York in the late 1970s and frequented Studio 54.

Candace Bushnell continued writing and worked as a freelance journalist for various publications, struggling to make ends meet for many years.

Candace Bushnell began writing for The New York Observer in 1993.

Candace Bushnell created a humorous column for the paper called "Sex and the City", based on her dating experiences and those of her friends.

Candace Bushnell went on to publish several international and The New York Times bestselling novels including Four Blondes, Trading Up, Lipstick Jungle and One Fifth Avenue.

In 2005, Candace Bushnell served as one of three judges for the reality television show Wickedly Perfect on CBS.

Candace Bushnell began hosting a live weekly talk show on Sirius Satellite Radio in 2007.

Candace Bushnell won the 2006 Matrix Award for books, and the Albert Einstein Spirit of Achievement Award.

In 2008, HarperCollins contracted Candace Bushnell to write two books for young adults about Carrie Bradshaw's high school years.

From 2002 to 2012, Candace Bushnell was married to Charles Askegard, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet who was ten years her junior, and whom she had met eight weeks before.

Candace Bushnell owned a co-op in Greenwich Village until 2015.