That one was a lot of fun to write and it got me an agent, but it straddled the procedural and cozy categories. After I lost my job at the police department, I wrote one with a police secretary protagonist. I had a character who was an ex-police officer. The first couple of books I wrote were more procedural-like. Why did you choose to write cozy mysteries (and not police-driven mysteries or more hard-boiled ones)? I love trying to figure out “whodunit.” Working at the PD helped with the amount of research I have to do. I’ve loved mysteries ever since I picked up my first Nancy Drew book. You were a police secretary for ten years – was all that proximity to crime the main reason you started writing mystery novels?

I have a second degree black belt in Taekwondo.List three fun facts about yourself that we wouldn’t read in your ‘official’ bio. I’m a native Pittsburgher, and my husband and I now live in the beautiful Laurel Highlands in Pennsylvania. I’m married with two grown sons and two grandsons. There’s not much to tell! I’ve been writing a long time, but the Brewing Trouble books are my first to be published. I contacted her after I launched this blog and she updated her answers and here we are! I loved her Brewing Trouble series (you can read my review of the first book, To Brew or Not to Brew here) and hope that one day Book 4 will make it’s way into the world! In the meantime, enjoy this Q&A! Joyce did this interview for me just before my food blog went on hiatus so I never had a chance to post it. I initially connected with Joyce on Twitter from my food blog account – we chatted about our mutual admiration of hockey, beer, and whisky-loving husbands.

I’m so happy to share this interview I did with Joyce Tremel.

Tangled Up in Brew by Joyce Tremel