“Listening to Maggie Moor’s voice put me in a trance… I almost forgot to play my horn.” — Richie Cannata (Billy Joel)

Maggie Moor is a writer, singer-songwriter, and NYSED-licensed psychoanalyst creating the Charmay: New York Noir universe. Her work is a visceral intersection of “street poetry” and clinical insight—a perspective built from a life lived in rehearsal rooms, private investigations, athletic competitions, and clinical work in psychiatric wards.

THE LINEAGE & THE UNDERGROUND

Moor is the great-grandchild of vaudevillians Charlie Brown and Mae Newman. They inspired the name of her series lead, Charmay. Moor grew up on the Bard College campus. She was raised by a professor and a drama-program lighting designer. She studied piano, clarinet, voice, and dance.

Moor took an alternative route into the NYC underground. For over two decades, she participated in immersive dance, rock, theater, and EDM. She toured as a lead dancer for Perry Farrell (Porno for Pyros). She fronted New York bands at The Cutting Room and The Stone Pony. This led her to work as an assistant field investigator and process server for Serving by Irving Private Investigations. This provided a view of the surveillance and high-stakes activities that inform her fiction.

THE VOICE & THE VERSE

Moor is an ASCAP recording artist. She blends alternative jazz, blues, and electronica. Her discography includes collaborations with David Sanborn, Richie Cannata, Kenny Rampton, and Mark White (Spin Doctors). She is also featured in the Twisted Sister Christmas video series (1.5M+ views). The series aired on VH1.

These elements come together in the Charmay: New York Noir series. Her literary debut, Skinless, is set in the late-’90s Lower East Side. The book is narrated in “street poetry” vignettes. It follows a singer’s search for survival as she creates an alter ego to endure the PTSD she calls “skinless.”

THE ARCHITECTURE OF SURVIVAL

Moor is a licensed psychoanalyst. She has had clinical assignments at Rikers Island, in psychiatric settings, and in private practice. She graduated from the New York Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. She received a doctoral equivalency from the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies (New York, 2018).

Her Gradiva-nominated thesis, “Coloring Between the Lines,” examines affect regulation, psychological splits, embodiment, and symbolic process. Her writing explores the “neurological cost of trauma.” She is also the author of I AM: Mind and Body Union(Archway/Simon & Schuster). Moor’s work centers on the Mind-Body Union, whether on the page, the stage, or as a national-level NPC athlete.