What is Rachel Held Evans?
[[File:Rachel Held Evans.jpg|thumb|Rachel Held Evans]] '''Rachel Grace Held Evans''' (June 8, 1981 – May 4, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Christian]] [[columnist]], [[blogger]] and author. Her book, ''A Year of Biblical Womanhood'' (2012), was on ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} [[e-book]] [[non-fiction]] best-seller list. She also wrote for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]''. In total, she had four books [[published]]. == Biography == Evans was born in [[Alabama]], and grew up in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]. She moved to [[Dayton, Tennessee]] as a [[teenager]]. She was married to Dan Evans. The couple had two children. In April 2019, Evans was put into a [[coma]] due to an [[infection]]. She died on May 4, 2019 in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. She was 37.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/05/rachel-held-evans-the-hugely-popular-evangelical-writer-is-dead-at-37.html|work=Slate|author=Graham, Ruth|title=Rachel Held Evans, the Hugely Popular Christian Writer Who Challenged the Evangelical Establishment, Is Dead at 37|date=May 4, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official website}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Rachel Held}} [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American Christian writers]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Tennessee]] [[Category:Journalists from Alabama]] [[Category:Writers from Birmingham, Alabama]] [[Category:Journalists from Tennessee]] [[Category:American bloggers]]