Last fall, Ediciones Urano announced it would add English-language titles to its North American publishing program.

The line started on November 17 with the release of The Actor: How to Live an Authentic Life by Don Miguel Ruiz. The book was published simultaneously in Spanish and English in the U.S., Spain, and Latin America, with distribution in the U.S. through Spanish Publishers. The Actor is the first in a four-book series titled School of Mysteries, each with simultaneous publication in translation.

Ruiz is best known as the author of The Four Agreements, which has sold more than six million copies in the U. S. and seven million worldwide, according to the publisher. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages and he has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide.

Born into a family of Toltec healers and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera (healer) mother and a nagual grandfather, Ruiz seemed destined to go into the family business. However, he studied conventional medicine first, becoming a surgeon, before a near-death experience led him back to exploring the ancient ancestral healing his family practiced.

PW spoke with Ruiz about The Actor and its exploration of the idea of authenticity.

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