High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard (and often referred to by his initials, LRH), was a prolific American pulp fiction author known for his science fiction, fantasy, western, adventure and self-help books such as the #1 New York Times bestselling Dianetics (first published in 1950). His writings include such diverse topics as business administration, literacy and drug rehabilitation. Nineteen of his books have been on the New York Times best seller list, translated into seventy-two languages and he holds four Guinness World Records for “Most Published Works by One Author”, “Most Audio Books Published for One Author”, “Most Translated Author in the World”, and "Most Translated Author, Same Book" (The Way to Happiness).