Authors make pounds (4)
I believe the answer is:
pens
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'authors' is the first definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'pounds' is the second definition.
'make' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for pens that I've seen before include "Aphorism, thought" , "Imprisons" , "writers" , "stalls" , "Livestock enclosures" .)