Bushnell book 'to be TV series'

Bushnell based Sex and the City on real-life experiences

Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell is in talks to turn her latest book into a TV series.

The writer says she has had "a lot of interest" from US TV companies wanting to adapt novel Lipstick Jungle, the story of three New York career women.

"Nothing's been finalised but hopefully it will be in the next couple of weeks," she said.

Bushnell originally wrote Sex and the City, which enjoyed a six-year TV run from 1998, as a newspaper column.

The author, 46, describes Lipstick Jungle as a "pretty philosophical kind of book" about life for women who experience success in their 40s.

TV success

"I see it more as a TV show than a movie," she said.

"One of the things that's really hard with movies these days is that it's almost impossible to have forty-something women."

Bushnell said it was too early to discuss who might play the three main characters - a film producer, a fashion designer and a magazine executive.

Sex and the City, about the love lives of four women in New York, starred Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall and won six Emmy awards and eight Golden Globes.

The finale attracted more than 10 million viewers in the US last February.