Candace Bushnell is an American author, journalist, and television producer. Born on December 1, 1958, she gained fame for her column in The New York Observer from 1994 to 1996, which was adapted into the bestselling Sex and the City anthology.

The book served as the foundation for the HBO hit series Sex and the City (1998–2004) and two subsequent movies. Bushnell went on to write several international bestselling novels including 4 Blondes (2001), Trading Up (2003), Lipstick Jungle (2005), One Fifth Avenue (2008), The Carrie Diaries (2010), and Summer and the City (2011).

Two of her novels were adapted for television: Lipstick Jungle (2008–09) on NBC, and The Carrie Diaries (2013–2014) on The CW. One Fifth Avenue has been optioned by the Mark Gordon Company and ABC for a television show.