Peter Sotos is an American author, musician, and publisher known for his controversial and transgressive work. His writings often explore extreme and taboo subjects such as sexual violence, abuse, and paraphilia, challenging conventional morality and censorship. Sotos was a member of the influential industrial music group Whitehouse, contributing to their confrontational sound and thematic content. Through his own publishing imprint, Nine-Banded Books, he has released his own works as well as those of other authors who operate outside the mainstream.