Alan Salisbury is now embarked on a third career as a philanthropic writer and game developer. A retired Army general, he spent another 12 years as an IT executive. While his redirection into writing children's literature, games and even songs seems like a wild departure from his earlier work, he comes by this new interest honestly, having a mother who dabbled in poetry and songwriting, and a wife who had been a school teacher with a strong interest in children's literature. With his first children's book now in the publishing process, he already has a second book and a new board game in process, all to benefit selected charities.