Whit Burnett
Editor of Story magazine; published Mailer's first story, 'The Greatest Thing in the World,' in 1941, marking the start of Mailer's literary career.
Whit Burnett was the editor of Story magazine, which published Mailer’s “The Greatest Thing in the World” in 1941 — the winning entry in Story’s college contest and the beginning of Mailer’s literary career. The latest letter in Norman Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream (1969) is addressed to Burnett.