George Langelaan (19 January 1908 – 9 February 1972) was a French-British[citation needed] writer and journalist born in Paris, France.
He parachuted into occupied France on 7 September 1941 to make contact with the French Resistance forces south of Châteauroux, arranged to meet Édouard Herriot, was captured on 6 October, imprisoned in the Mauzac camp, condemned to death by the Nazis, and escaped (16 July 1942) and returned to England to participate in the Normandy landings.
Langelaan was a friend of the occultist Aleister Crowley, claiming he was a spy and "that by winning the confidence of the Germans in America, he had access to members of their inner circle.
"[1] In the 1950s and 1960s he wrote his memoirs, novels, and short stories that were made into motion pictures and were featured on television.
Of all his literary works, he is best remembered for his 1957 short story "The Fly", which originally appeared in the June 1957 issue of Playboy magazine.