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Published 2009-06. One Fifth Avenue Candace Bushnell. Fiction Contemporary Women General.
Bushnell at her home in 2012 Born ( 1958-12-01) December 1, 1958 (age 59) Occupation Novelist, television producer Spouse (2002-2012) Website Candace Bushnell (born December 1, 1958) is an American, and. She wrote a column for (1994–96) that was adapted into the bestselling. The book was the basis for the hit series (1998–2004) and two subsequent movies. Bushnell followed the best-selling work with the international bestselling novels 4 Blondes (2001), (2003), (2005), (2008), (2010) and (2011). Two of her novels have been adapted for television: (2008–09) on NBC, and (2013-2014) on. One Fifth Avenue has been optioned by the Company and for another television show. Contents.
Personal life Bushnell was born in. She is the daughter of Calvin L.
Bushnell and Camille Salonia. Her father was one of the inventors of the Air Cooled Hydrogen Fuel Cell that was used in the Apollo space missions in the 1960s. Her Bushnell ancestors in the United States can be traced back to Francis Bushnell, one of the signatories of the, who emigrated from Thatcham, Berkshire, England in 1639.
Her mother was of Italian descent. While attending high school in Glastonbury, Candace was accompanied to her senior prom by, now a nationally syndicated radio host, who also dated Candace's sister, 'Lolly.' She attended and. She moved to New York in the late 1970s and often frequented.
In 1995, she met publishing executive, who became the inspiration for 's. From 2002 to 2012, Bushnell was married to, a principal dancer with the who was ten years her junior, and whom she had met eight weeks before. They decided to divorce in 2011. She found the experience disorienting, telling, 'When I got divorced, I couldn’t get a mortgage; I didn’t fit into a computer model. All of a sudden, I was invited to no more couple things. Being single is hard and there’s something a bit heroic about it.'
Career At the age of 19, Bushnell moved to New York City and sold a children’s story (which was never published) to. She continued writing and worked as a freelance journalist for various publications, struggling to make ends meet for many years. Bushnell began writing for in 1993.
She created a humorous column for the paper (1994–96). Called 'Sex and the City,' the column was based on her own personal dating experiences and those of her friends. In 1997, Bushnell's columns were published in an anthology, also called, and soon after became the basis for the popular television. The series aired from 1998 through 2004, and starred as, a socially active New York City sex and lifestyles columnist, a character whom Bushnell has stated was her.
The series is now in and was made into two, released in 2008 and 2010. In 2005, Bushnell served as one of three judges for the reality television show Wickedly Perfect on. Plasma workspace add on installer. Bushnell began hosting a live weekly talk show on in 2007. The show, called 'Sex, Success and Sensibility,' was canceled in late 2008 after the merger of Sirius and, when Bushnell was asked to continue the show with a 50% pay cut and refused.
She is the winner of the 2006 for books, and a recipient of the Albert Einstein Spirit of Achievement Award. In 2009 she wrote a web series, The Broadroom, a comedic series about women over 40 dealing with workplace issues, starring which was created in partnership with the magazine publisher 's Meredith 360 division. Bushnell's 2005 novel, was adapted for television and aired on in 2008.
The series starred in the leading role, and was canceled after 20 episodes. In 2009, she wrote articles for Meredith's. Bushnell was contracted by in 2008 to write a series of two books for young adults, about the high school years of character Carrie Bradshaw. The first of these, was published in April 2010.
The other, Summer and the City (Carrie Diaries Series #2), was published in April 2011. Bibliography. (1996),. (2000) 4 Blondes, nur 302. (2003).
(2005),. (2008). (2010). (2011). (2015) References. Jillian Goodman.
New York Magazine, May 2004. By Bob Morris, The New York Times, July 7, 2002. By Carl Quinn, www.theage.com, September 28, 2003. Zimmerman, Edith (January 18, 2013).
Retrieved January 19, 2013. Huffington Post. March 27, 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2015. Rachel Cooke. The Guardian. Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, (London) August 10, 2008.
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sassybean.com, November 5, 2007. By Jeff Bercovici, portfolio.com, November 14, 2008. Lucia Moses, The Hollywood Reporter, July 24, 2009. By Sam Thielman, Variety, September 17, 2008.
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