Bingo Brown Gipsy Lover - Puffin Books Author:Betsy Byars Bingo is a romantic and a heartbreaker going through the awkward teenage years, grappling with all the problems of life - big and small. The author also wrote "After the Goat Man", "The Animal, the Vegetable and John D. Jones", "Bingo Brown and the Language of Love" and "The Cartoonist".