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Daniel and Affleck in a scene from The Tender Bar. AP

JR Moehringer is the US writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist who ghostwrote Prince Harry's memoir, Spare. Getty

Spare was released globally on January 10

Moehringer moved to Las Vegas to work on tennis star Andre Agassi's memoir

Moehringer said he turned Agassi down several times before agreeing to work with him on Open. Getty / AFP

Moehringer worked with Nike creator Phil Knight on his best-selling memoir, Shoe Dog

Moehringer's own memoir about his childhood growing up on Long Island is called The Tender Bar, which was made into a film

George Clooney directed the Hollywood version of Moerhinger's memoir The Tender Bar. Ben Affleck starred in it as Uncle Charlie. AFP

Moehringer with actor Daniel Ranieri, who played his younger self in the fictionalised film version of his memoir. AP

From left, Affleck, Lily Rabe, Daniel, Tye Sheridan and Christopher Lloyd arrive at the premiere of The Tender Bar in Los Angeles. AP

Rabe and Affleck played a fictionalised version of Moehringer's mother and uncle in The Tender Bar. AP

Daniel and Affleck in a scene from The Tender Bar. AP

JR Moehringer is the US writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist who ghostwrote Prince Harry's memoir, Spare. Getty

Spare was released globally on January 10

Moehringer moved to Las Vegas to work on tennis star Andre Agassi's memoir

Moehringer said he turned Agassi down several times before agreeing to work with him on Open. Getty / AFP

Moehringer worked with Nike creator Phil Knight on his best-selling memoir, Shoe Dog

Moehringer's own memoir about his childhood growing up on Long Island is called The Tender Bar, which was made into a film

George Clooney directed the Hollywood version of Moerhinger's memoir The Tender Bar. Ben Affleck starred in it as Uncle Charlie. AFP

Moehringer with actor Daniel Ranieri, who played his younger self in the fictionalised film version of his memoir. AP

From left, Affleck, Lily Rabe, Daniel, Tye Sheridan and Christopher Lloyd arrive at the premiere of The Tender Bar in Los Angeles. AP

Rabe and Affleck played a fictionalised version of Moehringer's mother and uncle in The Tender Bar. AP

Daniel and Affleck in a scene from The Tender Bar. AP

Who is the ghostwriter behind Prince Harry's Spare, J R Moehringer?

Before he wrote the Duke of Sussex's autobiography, Moehringer’s own coming-of-age memoir was turned into a film starring Ben Affleck

January 09, 2023

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