var re = require('author-regex');

function authors(str) {
  return re().exec(str);
}
console.log(author('Jon Schlinkert <foo@bar.com> (https://github.com/jonschlinkert)'));

[ 'Jon Schlinkert <foo@bar.com> (https://github.com/jonschlinkert)',
  'Jon Schlinkert',
  'foo@bar.com',
  'https://github.com/jonschlinkert',
  index: 0,
  input: 'Jon Schlinkert <foo@bar.com> (https://github.com/jonschlinkert)' ]