Candace Bushnell is the author of nine books, but she is best known as the creative force behind “Sex and the City,” the hit HBO series that was based on her New York Observer column from the 1990s.

The writer moved to New York City in 1 9 78 at age 19, and didn’t leave until her divorce in 2012. She then returned to Connecticut, her home state, for several years. But now she’s back, living with her standard poodles, Pepper and Prancer, in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

“It’s a single woman’s apartment, which feels great,” she said. “I’m in the same building where Dorothy Parker lived.” The title of her new novel, which will be published this month, asks the question, “Is There Still Sex in the City?” According to Ms. Bushnell, 60, the answer is “yes.”

POODLE PRIORITIES I wake up at 7:30 without an alarm, and think about the day and what I have to do while I play with the dogs who sleep with me. I have to get them out by 8. I spend the next 45 minutes in the park. The Ramble is great as it has all these paths, which can be tricky since the dogs want to go squirrel hunting.