Question: Would Bob Woodward or Edgar Rice Burroughs be more likely to produce a work of fiction depicting an epic hero?
Context: The Lad and the Lion is an adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, written in February 1914.  His working title for the piece was "Men and Beasts."  It was first published as a three-part serial in "All-Story Weekly" in the issues for June 30, July 7, and July 14, 1917.  The story was the first by Burroughs adapted to film, as a five-reel black and white silent movie released by the Selig Polyscope Company, premiering May 14, 1917, roughly simultaneously with the print serial.  Despite this distinction, the story did not appear in book form for over twenty years.  Only after the film was remade as "The Lion Man" (1936) was the first book edition published, by Burroughs's own publishing firm, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., in February 1938.  The text was apparently expanded for book publication, as certain incidentals of the story reflect the political situation of Europe in the late 1930s rather than the mid-1910s.  The book was reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap in 1939 and Canaveral Press in 1964.  The first paperback edition was issued by Ballantine Books in September 1964, with a second appearing from Ace Books in May 1974, reprinted in June 1982. Pirates of Venus is the first book in the Venus series (also called the "Carson Napier of Venus series") by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the last major series in Burroughs's career (the other major series were Tarzan, Barsoom, and Pellucidar).  It was first serialized in six parts in "Argosy" in 1932 and published in book form two years later by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. The events occur on a fictionalized version of the planet Venus, known as "Amtor" to its inhabitants. Carson of Venus is the third book in the Venus series (Sometimes called the "Carson Napier of Venus series") by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs.  Burroughs wrote the novel in July and August 1937.  It was serialized in 1938 in six weekly installments from January 8 to February 12 in "Argosy", the same publication where the previous two Venus novels appeared.  It was published in book form a year later from Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Burroughs originally submitted the novel to a number of the "slick" magazines: "Liberty", "The Saturday Evening Post", "Collier's", and "Ladies' Home Journal".  All rejected the story. Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don is a novel written by Will Murray featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs's jungle hero Tarzan.  It is the first volume in the series The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, a series of new works authorized and licensed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. It was first published by Altus Press in June 2015 in trade paperback and ebook. Robert Upshur "Bob" Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author.  He has worked for "The Washington Post" since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor there. Tarzan on the Precipice is a novel written by Michael A. Sanford featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs's jungle hero Tarzan.  It is the second volume in the series The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, a series of new works authorized, licensed and published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. It was first published in May 2016 in trade paperback, with a hardcover edition released in the following June and an ebook version the following September. Tarzan Trilogy is a collection of original adventure novellas written by Thomas Zachek featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs's jungle hero Tarzan.  It is the third volume in the series The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, a series of new works authorized, licensed and published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. It was first published on December 14, 2016 in trade paperback, with a hardcover edition released the next day. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. is an American company founded in 1923 by author Edgar Rice Burroughs.  It is based in Tarzana, California.  The company holds the rights to the literary works of Burroughs that are still protected by copyright (a number of Burroughs' early works have passed out of copyright and consequently are in the public domain). Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American fiction writer best known for his celebrated and prolific output in the adventure and science-fiction genres.  Among the most notable of his creations are the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, and Pellucidar (the world inside our world).  And his most enduring creation - the jungle hero Tarzan - is fit to stand with d'Artagnan, Jeeves, Sherlock Holmes, and Superman as an archetype of the modern hero.  Burroughs' California ranch is now the center of the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles. I Am a Barbarian is a historical novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs written in 1941 but was not published until after the author's death, first appearing in hardback on September 1, 1967 as published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc..  The book was originally to have been published by Canaveral Press.  When Canaveral stopped adding titles to its catalog, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. took up the project.  It was the first book the firm had published since "Llana of Gathol", in 1948.  "I Am a Barbarian" is one of only two historical novels Burroughs wrote.  The other, "The Outlaw of Torn", set in the England of King Henry III, was published in 1927.
Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs