diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb4605a0c..3b2506db1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 		"lazy-value": "^3.0.0",
 		"npm-user": "^5.0.1",
 		"octokit": "^3.1.0",
+		"parse-author": "^2.0.0",
 		"prettier": "^3.0.2",
 		"replace-in-file": "^7.0.1",
 		"title-case": "^4.0.0",
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
 		"@types/git-url-parse": "^9.0.1",
 		"@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.5",
 		"@types/node": "^20.5.6",
+		"@types/parse-author": "^2.0.1",
 		"@types/prettier": "^2.7.3",
 		"@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.5.0",
 		"@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.5.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 8798856ef..e3f8a8f1f 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ dependencies:
   octokit:
     specifier: ^3.1.0
     version: 3.1.0
+  parse-author:
+    specifier: ^2.0.0
+    version: 2.0.0
   prettier:
     specifier: ^3.0.2
     version: 3.0.2
@@ -70,6 +73,9 @@ devDependencies:
   '@types/node':
     specifier: ^20.5.6
     version: 20.5.6
+  '@types/parse-author':
+    specifier: ^2.0.1
+    version: 2.0.1
   '@types/prettier':
     specifier: ^2.7.3
     version: 2.7.3
@@ -1738,6 +1744,10 @@ packages:
   /@types/normalize-package-data@2.4.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Gj7cI7z+98M282Tqmp2K5EIsoouUEzbBJhQQzDE3jSIRk6r9gsz0oUokqIUR4u1R3dMHo0pDHM7sNOHyhulypw==}
 
+  /@types/parse-author@2.0.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-2RNXvvDY+7ITl/Q3znDpW9DxyAckKgLCXpoiBHN9BeLH1aV7z/W657P2+PK3wVUgGWXtc99ZQy3LkJTGlxLsvA==}
+    dev: true
+
   /@types/prettier@2.7.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-+68kP9yzs4LMp7VNh8gdzMSPZFL44MLGqiHWvttYJe+6qnuVr4Ek9wSBQoveqY/r+LwjCcU29kNVkidwim+kYA==}
     dev: true
@@ -2224,6 +2234,11 @@ packages:
       retry: 0.13.1
     dev: true
 
+  /author-regex@1.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-KbWgR8wOYRAPekEmMXrYYdc7BRyhn2Ftk7KWfMUnQ43hFdojWEFRxhhRUm3/OFEdPa1r0KAvTTg9YQK57xTe0g==}
+    engines: {node: '>=0.8'}
+    dev: false
+
   /available-typed-arrays@1.0.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-DMD0KiN46eipeziST1LPP/STfDU0sufISXmjSgvVsoU2tqxctQeASejWcfNtxYKqETM1UxQ8sp2OrSBWpHY6sw==}
     engines: {node: '>= 0.4'}
@@ -5971,6 +5986,13 @@ packages:
       callsites: 3.1.0
     dev: true
 
+  /parse-author@2.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-yx5DfvkN8JsHL2xk2Os9oTia467qnvRgey4ahSm2X8epehBLx/gWLcy5KI+Y36ful5DzGbCS6RazqZGgy1gHNw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=0.10.0'}
+    dependencies:
+      author-regex: 1.0.0
+    dev: false
+
   /parse-entities@2.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-kkywGpCcRYhqQIchaWqZ875wzpS/bMKhz5HnN3p7wveJTkTtyAB/AlnS0f8DFSqYW1T82t6yEAkEcB+A1I3MbQ==}
     dependencies:
diff --git a/src/shared/options/createOptionDefaults/parsePackageAuthor.ts b/src/shared/options/createOptionDefaults/parsePackageAuthor.ts
index 88c271074..5fa833d19 100644
--- a/src/shared/options/createOptionDefaults/parsePackageAuthor.ts
+++ b/src/shared/options/createOptionDefaults/parsePackageAuthor.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+import parse from "parse-author";
+
 import { PartialPackageData } from "../../types.js";
 
 export function parsePackageAuthor(packageData: PartialPackageData) {
-	const [packageAuthor, packageEmail] =
-		typeof packageData.author === "string"
-			? [
-					packageData.author.split("<")[0].trim(),
-					packageData.author.split(/<|>/)[1]?.trim(),
-			  ]
-			: [packageData.author?.name, packageData.author?.email];
+	let packageAuthor: string | undefined;
+	let packageEmail: string | undefined;
+
+	if (typeof packageData.author === "string") {
+		const parsedAuthor = parse(packageData.author);
+		packageAuthor = parsedAuthor.name;
+		packageEmail = parsedAuthor.email;
+	} else if (packageData.author) {
+		packageAuthor = packageData.author.name;
+		packageEmail = packageData.author.email;
+	}
 
 	return {
 		author: packageAuthor,