Christian Rene Marcel Coffinet (12 July 1923 – 18 May 2011) was a French journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. He was the winner of the prix des Deux Magots in 1949.
Christian Coffinet adapted some of his novels for cinema, particularly La Fille de proie for the film La Moucharde[fr] (1958) by Guy Lefranc.
Coffinet was born in Paris on 12 July 1923. He died in Dreux on 18 May 2011, at the age of 87.