High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bare-faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard is a posthumous biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard by British journalist Russell Miller. First published in the United Kingdom on 26 October 1987, the book takes a critical perspective, challenging the Church of Scientology`s account of Hubbard`s life and work. It quotes extensively from official documents acquired using the Freedom of Information Act and from Hubbard`s personal papers, which were obtained via a defector from the Church. It was also published in the Australia, Canada and the United States.