he &quot;author&quot; is one person.  &quot;contributors&quot; is an array of people.  A &quot;person&quot;
is an object with a &quot;name&quot; field and optionally &quot;url&quot; and &quot;email&quot;, like this:</p>
<pre><code>{ &quot;name&quot; : &quot;Barney Rubble&quot;
, &quot;email&quot; : &quot;b@rubble.com&quot;
, &quot;url&quot; : &quot;http://barnyrubble.tumblr.com/&quot;
}
</code></pre><p>Or you can shorten that all into a single string, and npm will parse it for you:</p>
<pre><code>&quot;Barn