Oscar Villalon has been the Book Editor for the San Francisco Chronicle since 2001. He has been with the paper since 1996, and has been Deputy Book Editor and a copy editor for “Datebook.”Oscar is currently a member of the jury for the annual California Book Award and serves as a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Prior to working at The Chronicle, Oscar was a news editor at the Glendale News Press in Los Angeles, California.