Shankar Shesh (born 2 October 1933(Bilaspur) - died 1981) was an Indian writer who wrote 22 plays and 10 novels in Hindi.
Shesh has received 2 nominations for the Filmfare Award. He was nominated for "Gharaonda" and won a Filmfare Award for Best Story "Dooriyaan". Shesh's play Ek Aur Dronacharya is said to "bring out the anomalies and agony of life embedded in social and individual predicaments".