Florence Scovel Shinn (September 24, 1871 – October 17, 1940) was an American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years.

[5] She was educated in Philadelphia where she attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and there met her future husband, the artist Everett Shinn (1876–1953).

[10] An early biographical sketch of Florence Scovel Shinn as an illustrator offers insight into her later writings and attitude towards life: Her keen sense of humor crops out in every group, and the turn of a line gives a comical effect.

The peculiar gift that Mrs. Shinn is endowed with is that she can draw the most pitiful little figures and yet infuse into the picture a happy, healthy atmosphere that impresses us with the worth and joy of living.

[6] After her death another two works were published, The Power of the Spoken Word in 1945 by Shinn Press[12] and The Magic Path of Intuition.

This last book was published by Louise Hay in 2013 who received from a rare-books dealer a small, typewritten unpublished manuscript of the last writings of Florence Scovel Shinn, accompanied by a cover letter which said in part: Several Months ago we came across a unique item from that collection that we think you may have an interest in.

We're contacting you to see if you or Hay House have an interest in purchasing this rare original manuscript positioned to share its content with the world.

[13]The Game of Life and How to Play it includes quotes from the Bible and anecdotal explanations of the author's understanding of God and man.

Her books Your Word is Your Wand[16] and The Game of Life and How To Play It[17] were released as audiobooks in 2014 and 2015, respectively, with narration by actress Hillary Hawkins.