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Ken Churilla is a 35+ year journalist with three books to his credit. In addition to The Flip Side: Where Chicago Rocked (Eckhartz Press), Ken co-authored the Chicago Writer’s Association ‘Book of the Year’ finalist Doin’ The Cruise: A Lifetime in Radio and Rock & Roll (Eckhartz Press) as well as No One Said It Would Be Easy: A Husband’s Journey Through His Wife’s Battle With Breast Cancer (Dunham Books) which achieved Amazon Best Seller Rankings in the Breast Cancer category of #1 (Canada), #3 (Australia), and #7 (USA).

Ken has simultaneously forged a 30-year career in music and media, spending the majority of it in country and rock & roll and writing various media kit biographies for the likes of George Strait, Martina McBride, Kenny Ches ...more

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	The Flip Side: Where Chicago Rocked by Carl Rosenbaum, Larry Rosenbaum, Ken Churilla (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No One Said It Would Be Easy: A Husband's Journey Through His Wife's Battle With Breast Cancer 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doin' The Cruise: Memories From a Lifetime in Radio and Rock & Roll by Ken Churilla (Goodreads Author), Mitch Michaels 4.83 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Heart Life Music: A New York Times Bestselling Memoir from the Beloved Country Music Star

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Freakin' FANTASTIC! A surprising read in that it had very little to do with his life inside of the J. Geils Band but instead, the incredibly interesting actual life he lived outside of his work. Someone called this a five star memoir and they couldn' ...more
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I don’t just write ‘em, memoirs are my favorite thing to read as well. Finished this in less than two days and it’s fantastic! Incredibly well written, I both laughed and learned so much. Never knew blink-182 had so much turmoil!
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Didn't go to the bookstore looking for this but glad I stumbled upon it. Truly a man inside, this book gives such a riveting view into the life and times of a Secret Service agent in a time when the country needed a steady hand more than ever as we w ...more
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