She was born on December 1st, 1958, as Candace Bushnell. She is an American novelist, writer, and TV producer who gained notoriety with her weekly column S*x and the City in the mid-1990s (1994-1996).
Candace Bushnell Career
It was released in The New York Observer, a weekly newspaper printed from 1987 until 2016, when it switched to an online-only publication, and it was based on her and her friends’ lifestyles in New York City in the 1990s. In 1996, a book with the same title and an anthology of similar columns was released. This novel inspired two financially successful films, S*x and the City: The Movie (2008) and S*x and the City 2, as well as the popular romantic comedy-drama TV series S*x and the City (1998-2004). (2010). Several other bestselling books by Candace include 4 Blondes (2001),
Is There Still S*x in the City?, Killing Monica (2015), Summer and the City (2011), The Carrie Diaries (2010), Lipstick Jungle (2005), Trading Up (2003), and One-Fifth Avenue (2008). (2019). In addition to the comedy-drama TV shows Lipstick Jungle (2008–2009) and The Carrie Diaries (2013–2014), One-Fifth Avenue has also been optioned for a TV series.
Candace Bushnell Measurements
Height: 5 feet 4 inches
Weight: 56 kilograms
Birthdate: December 1st, 1958
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Eyes are blue
Candace Bushnell Education
After graduating high school, Candace enrolled at Houston, Texas’ William Marsh Rice University, a private research institution.
Candace Bushnell Family
Father: Calvin L. Bushnell (Scientist)
Mother: Camille Bushnell, the proprietor of a travel agency, was born in Salonia (d. January 2006)
Siblings: Alyssa Bushnell, the younger sister, and Deirdre Bushnell(Younger Sister)
Other family members include Joseph Salonia, Sr., the deceased Elsie Bozzo, the maternal grandmother, and Joseph R. Salonia, Jr., the maternal uncle (Deceased)
Candace Bushnell Gross Value
According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, Candace Bushnell has a $50 million net worth.
Candace Bushnell Individual Life
Candace has been with Bob Jr. Guccione
Candace first met publishing CEO Ron Galotti in the middle of the 1990s, and the two are said to have dated for around a year. Ron is considered Candace’s inspiration for the role of John James Preston, also known as Mr. Big, a recurring character in the television series S*x and the City, the sequel, and its follow-up.
Michael Bergin
D’Amato Alfonse (1999)
Robert Morris
John Corbett
Charles Askegard (2002—2012) – Candace married Charles Askegard, an American ballet dancer 10 years her junior, in July 2002 after only 8 weeks of dating him. Charles was, at the time, the principal dancer for the renowned New York City Ballet, established in 1948. In 2011, the couple decided to split; by 2012, they were no longer together.
It was disclosed in May 2022 that Candace was dating an unnamed male model who was 21 years old.
Candace Bushnell Particular Qualities
- slender build
- Straight, shoulder-length, middle-parted hair
- lovely smile
- glowing face
Facts about Candace Bushnell
- Candace was one of the judges on the Wickedly Perfect reality TV competition series in 2005.
- She created the humorous web series The Boardroom in 2009 about working-age women and their problems.
- She owned a beautiful Victorian farmhouse in Roxbury, a Connecticut town in Litchfield County, from 2005 to 2016.
- Her father contributed to the development of the air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell. This electrochemical device was utilized in the 1960s Apollo space missions to generate power from the chemical energy of hydrogen and an oxidizing agent.
- Mike O’Meara, who later became a nationally syndicated radio broadcaster, took her to her senior prom in high school in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Later, Mike dated a younger sister of Candace.
- Candace traveled to New York City when she was about 19 years old and sold a children’s story to Simon & Schuster, a prominent American publishing house. However, it was never released.
- She created a fictional serial piece for Hamptons Magazine in 1990 titled The Human Cartoon. It would be a prelude to S*x and the City, her groundbreaking weekly column from 1994 to 1996 in The New York Observer, where she started penning in 1993.
- She started hosting S*x, Success, and Sensibility, a live weekly talk program, on Sirius Satellite Radio in October 2006. When she refused to accept a 50% wage cut following the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the show ended in October 2008.
- Candace’s father, Francis Bushnell, was one of the participants of the “Guilford Covenant,” which the English colonists used to establish Quinnipiac (the present City of New Haven in Connecticut) in June 1639. In 1639, Francis left Thatcham, Berkshire, England, to immigrate to America.
