Release Message:  A man travels through a time portal to 1958, intending to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting John F. Kennedy. Written by Stephen King.

Description:  A man travels through a time portal to 1958, intending to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting John F. Kennedy. A novel by Stephen King about a time traveler who attempts to prevent the assassination of President John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, which occurred on November 22, 1963 (the novel's titular date). The novel was announced on King's official site on March 2, 2011.[1] A short excerpt was released online on June 1, 2011,[2] and another excerpt was published in the October 28, 2011 issue of Entertainment Weekly[3] The novel was published on November 8, 2011[4] and quickly became a number-one bestseller. It stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 16 weeks.[5] 11/22/63 won the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel,[6][7] and was nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel[8] and the 2012 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.[9]