About Rachel

Rachel Held Evans is an award-winning author and popular blogger from Dayton, Tennessee—home of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. 

Rachel’s first book, Evolving in Monkey Town (Zondervan, 2010), explores the relationship between faith and doubt and recounts the challenges of asking tough questions about Christianity in the context of the Bible Belt.

 Her second book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, documents a yearlong experiment in which Rachel attempted to follow all of the Bible’s instructions for women as literally as possible. That book releases October 30, 2012.

 In addition to her writing, Rachel has maintained a busy speaking schedule across the country for retreats, conferences, universities and churches. Some of her most recent events have included, Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids), Big Tent Christianity, Soularize, Fuller Seminary, Baylor University, Abilene Christian University, Point Loma Nazarene University, The Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College, and The Southern Festival of Books.

She has also been featured in interviews on NPR, Slate, The BBC, The Washington Post, The Guardian (UK), The Times London, The Huffington Post, and Oprah.com. 

Rachel is a skeptic, a creative, and a follower of Jesus. She is a lifelong Alabama Crimson Tide fan, and happily married to her husband Dan.

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