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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) 4.66 avg rating — 35 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 4.04 avg rating — 24 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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You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

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Great book but at the same time, kind of disappointed. Probably deserves a 4.5 rating but I knocked it down a half star because I didn't get what I was expecting - a much fuller memoir of his life. I feel for the guy in the life he had to fight throu ...more
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Ken Churilla and 1 other person liked Dave Halas's review of The Flip Side: Where Chicago Rocked: "Loved this book. Was a quick and easy read and super informative and entertaining. I didn't know the record stores (Hegewisch and Woodmar Records were my stores) but I knew the concerts. Even still, the stories about the stores were cool and being a " Read more of this review »
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