Though he was first and foremost a writer, his life experiences and travels in all corners of the globe were wide and diverse. His insatiable curiosity and personal belief that one should live life as a professional led to a lifetime of extraordinary accomplishment. He was also an explorer and ethnologist, mariner, pilot, filmmaker, photographer, philosopher, educator, composer and musician.

The impact and influence that his novels and stories had on the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror virtually amounted to the changing of the genre. It is the compelling human element that he originally brought to this new genre that remains today the basis of its growing international popularity. L. Ron Hubbard consistently enabled readers to peer into the mind and emotions of characters in a way that sharply heightened the reading experience, without slowing the pace of the story.

L. Ron Hubbard's literary output ultimately encompassed more than 260 published novels, novelettes, short stories and screenplays in every genre.