César Más Sánchez is a PhD researcher at the English Department of the University of Alicante. His project is funded by the Research and Knowledge Transfer Office of the University of Alicante (UAFPU22). At this university, he obtained a BA in English Studies in 2019 and a MA in Literary Studies (MaEsL) in 2020. His main line of research focuses on the postmodern rewriting of fairy tales, particularly the portrayal of the villainess. He is currently working on Gregory Maguire’s “The Wicked Years” (1995–2025) and other fairy-tale retellings for his PhD research.