David E. Talbert Sells Memoir To Penguin Random House Imprint Storehouse Voices; Series Also In The Works​on April 4, 2025 at 10:07 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Penguin Random House Imprint Storehouse Voices has snapped up director-writer-producer David E. Talbert’s memoir for six figures, we hear.

Entitled (I Learned From a Woman), the memoir from the Almost Christmas and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey filmmaker was inspired by Talbert’s current days as a father imparting advice to his son. Talbert was raised by a single mother with little to no interaction with his father.

Forty years later, in having father-and-son conversations, Talbert realized the lessons he’s learned in the journey to become a man came from a woman.

Along with the publishing of the book, Talbert is developing a half-hour comedy for TV based on the same title. The story of a first-time dad tasked with the impossible: becoming the father he never had. And in the process, not driving himself and everyone around him crazy.

Talbert is repped by UTA.

In November 2023, Talbert is launched HBCU Next, a fellowship program that brings aspiring filmmakers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to the USC School of Cinematic Arts Summer Program. He conceived and funded HBCU Next alongside his wife and producing partner Lyn Sisson-Talbert as an opportunity to enrich the educational experience for students of color.

Within the program, participants gain career insights and creative skills to develop authentic portrayals of Black experiences and culture within screenwriting, filmmaking and the evolving media landscape.