Biography

Joyce Tremel is a former employee of a suburban Pittsburgh police department. She holds a second degree black belt in Taekwondo and volunteered as a trainee instructor for two years. She is a member of Mysterywrights (a critique group), and a member of Pennwriter's. Joyce is a former Vice-President of the Mary Roberts Rinehart chapter of Sisters in Crime. Her non-fiction articles have appeared in The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police magazine, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the Penn Writer. Her short story Agatha is featured in the Spring 2009 Mysterical-E magazine and her flash story, The Disappearance of Sarah was a finalist in a contest sponsored by The Graveyard Shift. 

Links

The Blotter--my blog 

Edit Write--my editing site

Working Stiffs

Pittsburgh Sisters in Crime

Writing, Etc.

The Graveyard Shift

The Lipstick Chronicles

Mystery Lovers Bookshop

The Kill Zone

Poe's Deadly Daughters 

Inner Voice 

Pennwriter's

No Casino Gettysburg

Civil War Preservation Trust