Meet Maggie Moor

Maggie Moor is a New York City–based author, jazz‑blues singer‑songwriter, licensed psychoanalyst, and three‑time National NPC fitness competitor. Her voice‑centered, psychological‑suspense fiction explores identity, resilience, trauma recovery, and self‑union, edged with NYC grit and a visceral jazz‑blues pulse. She is the creator of Charmay: New York Noir and the debut novel Skinless: The Story of a Female Survivor  (Book 1), set in the 1999 Lower East Side, along with its companion album, Skinless: Songs from the Book (Charmay & Maggie Moor), featuring songs written and performed by Charmay in the story—lush downtempo, jazz, and chill‑out electronica available on Amazon Music and all major platforms.

Moor is also the author of I AM: Mind and Body Union (Archway/Simon & Schuster, 2018), a psychoanalytic‑spiritual, East‑meets‑West guide to integrating mind and body to calm the nervous system and support healing, and Skinless: The Story of a Female Survivor (Austin Macauley, 2021), reissued in 2025 as an expanded second‑edition Writer’s Edit following rights reclamation. Skinless is a literary psychological‑suspense novel narrated by Charmay, a singer‑songwriter fighting to reclaim her voice and self in gritty 1999–2001 New York City.

As a recording artist and ASCAP member, Moor blends alternative jazz, blues, electronica, and poetic lyricism across multiple albums, performing at venues such as The Cutting Room, The Bitter End, and The Stone Pony. She has also recorded and performed live as Charmay. Her album work includes collaborations with David Sanborn, Richie Cannata, Kenny Rampton, Rob Paparozzi, Mark White, and Eddie Ojeda.

Moor is a NYSED‑licensed psychoanalyst and NYGSP graduate, awarded a doctoral equivalency by the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies (New York, 2018). Her Gradiva‑nominated thesis, “Coloring Between the Lines,” reflects an integrative approach that weaves together Eastern spirituality, yoga, and psychotherapy. She mentors people in recovery as part of her wellness work and contributes pro bono outreach supporting youth homelessness programs, including work at Rikers Island, The Treatment Service clinic, and youth homeless centers.

Theater‑trained at William Esper and Stella Adler, she has appeared on stage, television, and film (full credits on her acting page). An NPC national‑level bikini‑division athlete, she continues to train daily, bringing embodied discipline to her creative and clinical practice. Born and raised on the Bard College campus in New York’s Hudson Valley—and the great‑grandchild of vaudevillians Charlie Brown and Mae Newman—she carries a performance lineage into her prose and songs.