nimble init gives Error: Incorrect .nimble file

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In a new empty directory -

λ nimble init
      Info: In order to initialise a new Nimble package, I will need to ask you
        ... some questions. Default values are shown in square brackets, press
        ... enter to use them.
      Using "abc" for new package name
      Using "src" for new package source directory
    Prompt: Package type? [lib/bin]
    Answer: bin
    Prompt: Initial version of package? [0.1.0]
    Answer:
    Prompt: Package description? [A new awesome nimble package]
    Answer:
    Prompt: Package License? [MIT/BSD2/GPLv3/LGPLv3/Apache2]
    Answer:
    Answer: MIT
    Prompt: Lowest supported Nim version? [0.17.3]
    Answer:
   Success: Package abc created successfully
       Tip: 6 messages have been suppressed, use --verbose to show them.
     Error: Incorrect .nimble file: C:\Users\Alpha\Desktop\abc\abc.nimble does not contain an author field.

Version

nimble v0.8.8 compiled at 2018-01-01 13:43:36
git hash: 18da3c8b4ca836753ef29fa89947d05a56188842

It creates all the files/folders though.

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If this line fails, this is never called.