AGE DOES NOT MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING. Madison Smith, a young author from Chester County, Pennsylvania, publishes her first book at age 17. Madison was first introduced to acrostic poetry as a first grader in elementary school. In third grade, Madison's teacher, Mrs. Cloutman, read to the class selections from The Giving Tree (by Shel Silverstein) a story of a boy who asks a loving tree to give him everything. It was then Madison...