Candace Bushnell is the author of five novels , including ` ` Sex and the City '' She ran away from college aged 19 to become a writer in New York . ` ` Sex and the City was never going to make people feel good , '' she says . It was written as the truth in a humorous way . '' Her novel 2005 ' ` ` Lipstick Jungle '' was also made into a hit TV series .
Candace Bushnell is the author of five novels , including ` ` Sex and the City '' She ran away from college aged 19 to become a writer in New York . ` ` Sex and the City was never going to make people feel good , '' she says . Her novel 2005 ' ` ` Lipstick Jungle '' was also made into a hit TV series .