Florence Scovel Shinn was an American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years. She was born on September 24, 1871 in Camden, New Jersey, and passed away on October 17, 1940.

In New Thought circles, Shinn is best known for her first book, The Game of Life and How to Play It (1925). She expressed her philosophy as:

The invisible forces are ever working for man who is always "pulling the strings" himself, though he does not know it. Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.

Her books Your Word Is Your Wand and The Game of Life and How To Play It were released as audiobooks in 2014 and 2015 respectively, narrated by actress Hillary Hawkins. Shinn is considered part of the New Thought movement, as her writings follow in the tradition of Phineas Quimby, Emma Curtis Hopkins, and both Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, co-founders of the Unity Church.