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Michael Hearns was born in Miami, Florida. He is a retired 27-year South Florida law enforcement veteran. Hearns joined the Coral Gables Police Department in 1988. Upon completing the requisite initial training, he was quickly put into a street crime/street narcotics task force. Within a few months he was assigned to the detective bureau in the Vice Intelligence and Narcotics Unit (VIN). He spent a decade in the VIN unit undercover investigating large scale cocaine cases and high-volume money laundering cases. Hearns has an M.A degree in Investigative Criminal Psychology and has collaborated on many serial homicide cases with Forensic Psychologist Dr. John Philpin. Upon retirement from the Coral Gables Police Department, Hearns became a Technical Advisor for film and television. He also has earned producing credits for feature films. He is most noted for being an author. Hearn is the author of the Cade Taylor series of books.