J. R. Moehringer

"[12][13] 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.

It tells of his coming-of-age experiences at a local bar called Publicans (previously known as Dickens, later Edison's[15][16][17]), 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.

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

[10] 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.