Whether it’s getting flashed by a geriatric hooker in Miami or baking in the heat of a forest fire in Oregon, there’s little that journalist Ken Bilderback won’t do to get a story worth telling.
Bilderback is a retired newspaper reporter and editor and former NFPA-certified volunteer Public Information Officer for the Gaston Rural Fire District in Oregon. His hobbies include listening to nonagenarians talk about Prohibition, creating videos of cats interacting with gophers, and saying “Aw, shucks!” while winning literary awards.
Honors for Walking to Forest Grove:
Winner, History Prize, 2015 Pacific Rim Book Festival
First Runner Up, Non-fiction, 2014 Hollywood Book Festival
First Runner Up, Regional Literature, 2014 New England Book Festival
First Runner Up, Regional Literature, 2014 Southern California Book Festival
Winner, Regional Literature, 2015 Los Angeles Book Festival
Honorable Mention, Non-fiction, 2015 Great Northwest Book Festival
First Runner Up, Non-fiction, 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival
First Runner Up, History, 2014 San Francisco Book Festival
Honorable Mention, General Non-fiction, 2013 London Book Festival
Honors for Fire in a Small Town:
First Runner Up, Non-fiction, 2013 Hollywood Book Festival
First Runner Up, Regional Literature, 2013 New England Book Festival
Winner, Regional Literature, 2013 Southern California Book Festival
Winner, Regional Literature, 2014 Los Angeles Book Festival
First Runner Up, Non-fiction, 2014 Great Northwest Book Festival
First Runner Up, Non-fiction, 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival
Honorable Mention, History, 2013 San Francisco Book Festival
Honorable Mention, General Non-fiction, 2013 London Book Festival
Honors for Creek With No Name:
First Runner Up, History Prize, 2012 New York Book Festival
Winner, Regional Literature, 2012 New England Book Festival
Winner, Regional Literature, 2012 Southern California Book Festival
First Runner Up, Regional Literature, 2012-2013 Los Angeles Book Festival
Honorable Mention, Non-fiction, 2013 Great Northwest Book Festival
Honorable Mention, History, 2012 San Francisco Book Festival
Honorable Mention, General Non-fiction, 2012 Hollywood Book Festival
Honorable Mention, General Non-fiction, 2012 London Book Festival
Honors for Wheels on the Bus:
Honorable Mention, Autobiography, 2011 New York Book Festival
Honorable Mention, Autobiography, 2012 Southern California Book Festival
Honorable Mention, Autobiography, 2015 Florida Book Festival