f-strings giving SyntaxError?

I tried this code, following along with a tutorial:

my_name = 'Zed A. Shaw'

print(f"Let's talk about {my_name}.")

But I get an error message highlighting the last line, like so:

    print(f"Let's talk about {my_name}.")
                                       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Why?

_{If you get an error like this from someone else's code, do not try to fix it yourself - the other project simply does not support your Python version (One example: Using pytesseract on Python 2.7 and Windows XP). Look for an alternative instead, or check the project's documentation or other support resources for a workaround.}

_{In particular, the built-in pip package manager has an issue where newer versions of pip require a newer Python version, so old installations cannot upgrade pip past a certain point. See Installing pip is not working in python < 3.6 or Upgrading pip fails with syntax error caused by sys.stderr.write(f"ERROR: {exc}") for details.}

_{If an external tool warns about the problem even though Python supports the feature, update the tool. See Getting invalid syntax error when using Pylint but code runs fine for an example.}

_{This question is specifically about the situation where any attempt to use f-strings fails (the ^ in the error message will point at the closing quote). For common problems with specific f-string syntax, see How do I escape curly-brace ({}) characters characters in a string while using .format?, f-string formula inside curly brackets not working, Discord.py - SyntaxError f-string: empty expression not allowed, How can I use newline '\n' in an f-string to format a list of strings?, How to fix Unterminated expression in f-string; missing close brace in python?.}

_{For a general overview of the f-string feature, see String with 'f' prefix in python-3.6.}

_{For details on alternate approaches to string formatting, see How do I put a variable’s value inside a string (interpolate it into the string)?.}

I think you have an old version of python. try upgrading to the latest version of python. F-string literals have been added to python since python 3.6. you can check more about it here