sentences:  Talbot has also written and produced PBS biographies of writers Dashiell Hammett, Beryl Markham, Ken Kesey, Carlos Fuentes, Maxine Hong Kingston and John Dos Passos.He was co-creator and executive producer of the PBS music specials, "", and an online series of music videos "Quick Hits".He began his career in broadcast journalism as a reporter and producer at KQED-TV in San Francisco, where he also contributed feature news stories to the "MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour".