Candace Bushnell has a lot going on.

She’s promoting her fourth book One Fifth Avenue she’s executive producer of NBC’s "Lipstick Jungle," and she’s penning The Carrie Diaries, a series of young adult books documenting Carrie Bradshaw’s teenage years.

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The 50-year-old novelist is also balancing life on top of her career and marriage. At 43, she wed ballet artist Charles Askegaard, who’s ten years her junior. They reside in Manhattan, the place she’s made a character of its own in her writings.

For her unique ability to expose the human condition through skillful observations, Bushnell has been described as a modern-day mix of Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jacqueline Susann. Fortunately, wOw was able to get Bushnell on the telephone to tell us all about her work, life and a teenaged Carrie Bradshaw. Unfortunately, however, we didn’t get to see what she was wearing — but we’re sure it was fabulous.

WOW: In your fourth novel, One Fifth Avenue, you eavesdrop on the lives of the rich residents living in the grandest edifice in Manhattan. One of the residents is Enid Merle. Enid is described as a glamorous grande dame and the "nice" gossip columnist. Sounds familiar to us at wowOwow. Fess up: Is Enid a composite of Liz Smith?

Candace Bushnell: She isn’t, but I can understand how people can see the similarity. I have to say, I absolutely adore Liz. I’ve known her for years. Liz is certainly an inspiration and icon.

WOW: In the book, One Fifth is an Art Deco building located in the historically hippest area in the city. It’s also a paparazzi stakeout and an apartment complex that outsiders can only dream about affording. One Fifth Avenue is a real building in Manhattan. Is the real building just as luxurious and coveted as the place you describe in the book?

CB: I live nearby the real One Fifth. It, too, is a landmark but it isn’t very glamorous. It’s a building that is home to many creative types. In real life, the building has 29 floors. The fictional One Fifth has 16. The three-story penthouse in the book doesn’t exist in the real building either.

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WOW: Season two of NBC’s "Lipstick Jungle" premiers Wednesday night. The provocative show is based on your New York Times bestselling novel and follows the lives of three successful best friends living in Manhattan. "Sex and The City" aired six seasons on HBO from 1998 to 2004 and became a hit movie. It was, without a doubt, a cultural phenomenon — with women emulating the styles of Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall). Do you think the "Lipstick Jungle" will have just as big an impact on society as "Sex and the City"?

CB: There’s no way to know. The only thing one can do is to try to make my books as good as I can make them. The actresses and the writers really brought their passion, hearts and souls to "Sex and The City," and the audience really appreciated that. The same is true for "Lipstick Jungle." There’s a lot of passion and the actresses are terrific. The second season is great. All the characters’ lives are turned upside down in the first two episodes. I love the three heroines (Victory, Nico and Wendy). It’s very exciting to see career women on the air — their ups and downs exposed. It seems very relevant for our times.

WOW: Speaking about the modern career woman, Brooke Shields’s character on "Lipstick Jungle," Wendy Healy, is a driven movie executive who’s married with a daughter. She’s made her way to the top of the cutthroat movie industry and, because of her status, she constantly feels pressured to decide between work and family. What do you tell women who have children and can’t figure out how to find that balance?

CB: I think that women are pretty smart. Most women seem to figure the balance out for themselves. But I hope that women know that they definitely don’t have to make an either/or decision: career or family. Women can have both. I think it’s important for women to have their own income and not rely on somebody else’s.

WOW: With the success of your past novels, such as 4 Blondes and Trading Up, do you feel that you’re trapped to write the same women-focused genre? Or that you have to fit a mold?

CB: I have a huge amount of creativity and leeway in my work. I’m always surprised by that question. I find it difficult to answer and astounding. All my characters are different — some are married, some single. They’re in different places in their lives. I think I write about contemporary life and contemporary women. If that feels repetitious, then I don’t know what to say.

WOW: The term "chick lit" has been used to describe the genre of your work. What do you think of the term?