Christopher Shinn (b. 1975) is an American playwright from New York. He has had a number of play produced in the UK, including Four (Royal Court Theatre, 1998); Other People (Royal Court Theatre, 2000); Where Do We Live (Royal Court Theatre, 2002); The Coming World (Soho Theatre, 2001), and Dying City (Royal Court Theatre, 2006). In 2008 he was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. Most recently he took part in the Bush Theatre's staging of the Bible, Sixty Six Books.