The Carrie Diaries Bradshaw that ham-fistedly foreshadows everything fans of the franchise know will come to pass. But Bushnell nails something harder: telling another chapter in the story of a cherished character that stands on its own." In September 2011, it was officially announced that The CW was moving forward with a television series as a prequel to the original series, based on "The Carrie Diaries". The project was developed by "Gossip Girl" producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. Former "Sex and the City" writer Amy B. Harris was tapped to pen the adaptation. On January 18, 2012, The CW network ordered a
Sex and the City (book) Sex and the City (book) Sex and the City is a collection of essays by Candace Bushnell based on her and her friends' lifestyles. It was first published in 1997, and re-published in 2001, 2006, and in 2008 as a 10th anniversary movie tie-in edition. The book is an anthology of columns that Bushnell began writing in 1994 for "The New York Observer". The book was loosely adapted into a long-running HBO television series also called "Sex and the City" (1998–2004) which in turn spawned a 2008 film of the same name and a 2010 sequel written under the fictional