[BUG] `Invalid Web Extension manifest` when `author` field is json

### What happened?

Hi!

According to npm,  [`author` field](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v11/configuring-npm/package-json#people-fields-author-contributors) in package.json can either be a single line of string or a json object.

When the `author` field is a json, `Invalid Web Extension manifest` error happens while building.

Thanks :)

### Version

Latest

### What OS are you seeing the problem on?

MacOSX

### What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

_No response_

### Relevant log output

```Shell
➜  ycs-macro git:(001-automate-court-booking) ✗ (☸|p-m-prod:default) pnpm plasmo dev --verbose
🟡 0      | Running command: dev
🟣 Plasmo v0.90.5
🔴 The Browser Extension Framework
🔵 INFO   | Starting the extension development server...
🟡 1      | Starting dev server on localhost:63171, HMR on localhost:1815...
🔵 INFO   | Building for target: chrome-mv3
🟡 2      | Creating Manifest Factory...
🟡 3      | Ensure exists: /Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/.plasmo
🟡 4      | /Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/assets/icon.png found, creating resized icons
🟡 5      | Creating static templates for popup
🟡 6      | Creating static templates for options
🟡 7      | Creating static templates for newtab
🟡 8      | Creating static templates for devtools
🟡 9      | Creating static templates for sidepanel
🟡 10     | {
  messageHandlerList: [],
  externalMessageHandlerList: [],
  portHandlerList: []
}
🟡 11     | Hash changed, updating manifest
🟡 12     | Watching the following files: Set(135) {
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/package.json',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/.env.chrome.local',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/.env.dev.local',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/.env.development.local',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/.env.local',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/.env.chrome',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/.env.dev',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/.env.development',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/.env',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.chrome.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.development.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.chrome.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.development.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/content.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.chrome.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.development.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.chrome.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.development.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sandbox.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background.chrome.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background/index.chrome.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background.development.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background/index.development.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background/index.ts',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background.chrome.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background/index.chrome.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background.development.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background/index.development.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/background/index.js',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup/index.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup/index.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup/index.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup/index.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup/index.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/popup/index.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options/index.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options/index.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options/index.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options/index.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options/index.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/options/index.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools/index.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools/index.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools/index.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools/index.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools/index.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/devtools/index.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab/index.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab/index.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab/index.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab/index.chrome.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab/index.development.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/newtab/index.jsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sidepanel.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sidepanel/index.chrome.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sidepanel.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sidepanel/index.development.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sidepanel.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sidepanel/index.tsx',
  '/Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/src/sidepanel.chrome.jsx',
  ... 35 more items
}
🔵 INFO   | Loaded environment variables from: []
🔄 Building🟡 0      | @plasmohq/parcel-transformer-manifest
🔴 ERROR  | Invalid Web Extension manifest
🟡 13     | {
  "icons": {
    "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
    "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
    "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
    "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
    "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
  },
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
      "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
      "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
      "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
      "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "./popup.html"
  },
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "Gil B. Chan",
    "email": "bnbcmindnpass@gmail.com",
    "url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214"
  },
  "name": "DEV | ycs tennis",
  "description": "",
  "homepage_url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214/ycs-macro",
  "host_permissions": [
    "https://*/*"
  ]
}

🟡 14     | Expected type string
🟡 15     | /Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/.plasmo/chrome-mv3.plasmo.manifest.json:21:13
🔵 INFO   | package.json changed, updating manifest overrides. You might need to restart the dev server.
🔄 Building🟡 16     | Hash changed, updating manifest
🟡 0      | @plasmohq/parcel-transformer-manifest
🔴 ERROR  | Invalid Web Extension manifest
🟡 17     | {
  "icons": {
    "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
    "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
    "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
    "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
    "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
  },
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
      "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
      "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
      "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
      "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "./popup.html"
  },
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "Gil B. Chan",
    "email": "bnbcmindnpass@gmail.com",
    "url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214"
  },
  "name": "DEV | ycs tennis",
  "description": "ycs tennis macro",
  "homepage_url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214/ycs-macro",
  "host_permissions": [
    "https://*/*"
  ]
}

🟡 18     | Expected type string
🟡 19     | /Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/.plasmo/chrome-mv3.plasmo.manifest.json:21:13
🔄 Building🟡 1      | @plasmohq/parcel-transformer-manifest
🔴 ERROR  | Invalid Web Extension manifest
🟡 20     | {
  "icons": {
    "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
    "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
    "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
    "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
    "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
  },
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
      "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
      "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
      "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
      "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "./popup.html"
  },
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "Gil B. Chan",
    "email": "bnbcmindnpass@gmail.com",
    "url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214"
  },
  "name": "DEV | ycs tennis",
  "description": "ycs tennis macro",
  "homepage_url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214/ycs-macro",
  "host_permissions": [
    "https://*/*"
  ]
}

🟡 21     | Expected type string
🟡 22     | /Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/.plasmo/chrome-mv3.plasmo.manifest.json:21:13
🔵 INFO   | package.json changed, updating manifest overrides. You might need to restart the dev server.
🔄 Building🟡 23     | Hash changed, updating manifest
🟡 2      | @plasmohq/parcel-transformer-manifest
🔴 ERROR  | Invalid Web Extension manifest
🟡 24     | {
  "icons": {
    "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
    "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
    "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
    "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
    "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
  },
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
      "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
      "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
      "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
      "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "./popup.html"
  },
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "Gil B. Chan",
    "email": "bnbcmindnpass@gmail.com",
    "url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214"
  },
  "name": "DEV | ycs tennis",
  "description": "ycs tennis booking macro",
  "homepage_url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214/ycs-macro",
  "host_permissions": [
    "https://*/*"
  ]
}

🟡 25     | Expected type string
🟡 26     | /Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/.plasmo/chrome-mv3.plasmo.manifest.json:21:13
🔄 Building🟡 3      | @plasmohq/parcel-transformer-manifest
🔴 ERROR  | Invalid Web Extension manifest
🟡 27     | {
  "icons": {
    "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
    "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
    "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
    "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
    "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
  },
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "./gen-assets/icon16.plasmo.png",
      "32": "./gen-assets/icon32.plasmo.png",
      "48": "./gen-assets/icon48.plasmo.png",
      "64": "./gen-assets/icon64.plasmo.png",
      "128": "./gen-assets/icon128.plasmo.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "./popup.html"
  },
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "Gil B. Chan",
    "email": "bnbcmindnpass@gmail.com",
    "url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214"
  },
  "name": "DEV | ycs tennis",
  "description": "ycs tennis booking macro",
  "homepage_url": "https://github.com/jjangga0214/ycs-macro",
  "host_permissions": [
    "https://*/*"
  ]
}

🟡 28     | Expected type string
🟡 29     | /Users/ocean/main/ycs-macro/.plasmo/chrome-mv3.plasmo.manifest.json:21:13
^C
```

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