Marilynne Eichinger received her undergraduate degree in anthropology/sociology from Boston University and a master’s degree in psychology from Michigan State University. The Water Factor follows on the heels of two non-fiction books. Lives of Museum Junkies, a Mid-West Book Reward winner, and a Chanticleer honorable mention recipient, includes autobiographical and biographical accounts of the men and women who expanded twelve science centers to create a worldwide movement.