diff --git a/platformio/package/manifest/parser.py b/platformio/package/manifest/parser.py
index 66dee43c..28743e54 100644
--- a/platformio/package/manifest/parser.py
+++ b/platformio/package/manifest/parser.py
@@ -198,10 +198,13 @@ class BaseManifestParser(object):
             return (None, None)
         name = raw
         email = None
-        for ldel, rdel in [("<", ">"), ("(", ")")]:
-            if ldel in raw and rdel in raw:
-                name = raw[: raw.index(ldel)]
-                email = raw[raw.index(ldel) + 1 : raw.index(rdel)]
+        ldel = "<"
+        rdel = ">"
+        if ldel in raw and rdel in raw:
+            name = raw[: raw.index(ldel)]
+            email = raw[raw.index(ldel) + 1 : raw.index(rdel)]
+        if "(" in name:
+            name = name.split("(")[0]
         return (name.strip(), email.strip() if email else None)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/package/test_manifest.py b/tests/package/test_manifest.py
index fe5054d0..c2436328 100644
--- a/tests/package/test_manifest.py
+++ b/tests/package/test_manifest.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def test_library_properties_parser():
     contents = """
 name=TestPackage
 version=1.2.3
-author=SomeAuthor <info AT author.com>
+author=SomeAuthor <info AT author.com>, Another Author (nickname) <www.example.com>
 sentence=This is Arduino library
 customField=Custom Value
 depends=First Library (=2.0.0), Second Library (>=1.2.0), Third
@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ ignore_empty_field=
             "export": {
                 "exclude": ["extras", "docs", "tests", "test", "*.doxyfile", "*.pdf"]
             },
-            "authors": [{"email": "info@author.com", "name": "SomeAuthor"}],
+            "authors": [
+                {"email": "info@author.com", "name": "SomeAuthor"},
+                {"name": "Another Author"},
+            ],
             "keywords": ["uncategorized"],
             "customField": "Custom Value",
             "depends": "First Library (=2.0.0), Second Library (>=1.2.0), Third",