Christopher M. Maslanka (born 27 October 1954) is a British writer and broadcaster, specialising in puzzles and problem solving.
He was born in Clapham, London, but brought up in Lowdham, Nottingham, in a family of part Polish extraction (he speaks fluent Polish). He was educated at The Becket School, Nottingham and went on to study physics at St. Catherine's College, Oxford.
He writes a puzzle page for The Guardian, and has published several books of puzzles. He also presented the BBC Radio 4 programme Puzzle Panel. He has retained his association with St Catherine's College who describe him as the "College Enigmatist".