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J. R. Moehringer (John Joseph Moehringer) was born on 7 December, 1964 in New York City, U.S., is an American journalist and ghostwriter. Discover J. R. Moehringer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As John Joseph Moehringer
Occupation Journalist
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 7 December 1964
Birthday 7 December
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1964

John Joseph Moehringer (born December 7, 1964), known by his pen name J. R. Moehringer, is an American journalist, memorist, and biographical ghostwriter.

1982

He graduated from Saguaro High School in Scottsdale in 1982 and "graduated by a hair's breadth" from Yale University in 1986.

1990

In 1990 he moved to Breckenridge, Colorado where he worked at the Rocky Mountain News.

1994

In 1994 he became a reporter for the Orange County bureau of the Los Angeles Times.

1997

In 1997, the Los Angeles Times sent him to Atlanta, Georgia, to report on the South as an on-the-scene reporter.

His journalism work later took him to Denver, Colorado.

1998

While at the Los Angeles Times he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing in 1998 for his article "Resurrecting the Champ," and received the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing in 2000 for his article "Crossing Over."

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Shannon Welch, former executive editor at HarperOne and VP and editorial director at Penguin Random House since 2021.

They have two children.

2000

In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for newspaper feature writing.

He collaborated on the 2021 film adaptation of his memoir The Tender Bar (2005).

Moehringer was born to Dorothy and "Johnny Michaels" (John Moehringer), a WOR-FM radio DJ, in New York City and raised by a single mother in Manhasset, New York and Scottsdale, Arizona.

2005

Moehringer's memoir, The Tender Bar, was published in 2005.

It recounts his childhood through his early twenties, and tells of his coming-of-age experiences at a local bar called Publicans (previously known as Dickens, later Edison's ), which served as a sanctuary from his chaotic family life.

A movie version of the memoir, The Tender Bar, directed by George Clooney and starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan and Daniel Ranieri, was released on Amazon Prime on January 7, 2022.

After retired tennis star Andre Agassi read The Tender Bar, he asked Moehringer to collaborate with him on his own memoir.

2007

In 2007, it was adapted as the basis of the film Resurrecting the Champ, directed by Rod Lurie and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett and Alan Alda.

2009

The resulting book, Open: An Autobiography, was published in 2009.

Moehringer wrote an article for the Los Angeles Times Magazine about a homeless man who claimed he was Bob Satterfield.

2012

Moehringer's novel Sutton, based on the life of bank robber Willie Sutton, was published in 2012.

2016

Moehringer ghostwrote Phil Knight's memoir, Shoe Dog, published in 2016, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex's 2023 memoir, Spare.

After working on Spare, Moehringer says that he was stalked and harassed by the press and paparazzi after his name was leaked to the press ahead of the release.

2020

His mother died in 2020.

He began his journalism career as a news assistant at The New York Times.