Real name: Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (18 October 1741, Amiens, Picardy — 5 September 1803, Taranto, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) was a French army general and amateur writer, best known for his novel Les Liaisons dangereuses ("Dangerous Liaisons") published in 1782. While it's not explicitly erotic, Laclos was regarded as a scandalous and provocative author among his contemporaries, compared to Marquis De Sade (2) and Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne.