sentences:  Carrie Bradshaw was a writer living in New York City.Carrie Bradshaw and Candace Bushnell have the same initials, a flourish emphasizing their connection.Moreover, just as Carrie Bradshaw has articles for the fictional "New York Star" published as a book in later series, the entire "Sex and the City" series is based on a compilation of Bushnell's own columns for the "New York Observer".