Rachel Held Evans is a New York Times bestselling author whose books include FAITH UNRAVELED (2010), A YEAR OF BIBLICAL WOMANHOOD (2012) and SEARCHING FOR SUNDAY (2015). Hailing from Dayton, Tennessee --- home of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 --- she writes about faith, doubt and life in the Bible Belt.

Rachel has been featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Christianity Today, Slate, The Huffington Post, The CNN Belief Blog, and on NPR, The BBC, "The Today Show" and "The View." She keeps a busy schedule speaking at churches, conferences, and colleges and universities around the country. 

A lifelong Alabama Crimson Tide fan, Rachel is married to Dan. Her preferred writing fuel is animal crackers and red wine.

Books by Rachel Held Evans

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

by Rachel Held Evans - Christian, Nonfiction, Spiritual Growth

For a young generation where many have said "count me out,” a church community represents a complicated relationship of both longing and apathy. In SEARCHING FOR SUNDAY, noted author Rachel Held Evans exposes her own thorny relationship with the church, articulating the concerns, frustrations and hopes of many peers. Find the beginnings of a roadmap back to church and the resurrection that awaits when we are willing to begin again.