Aspiring writers often claim they could write a book "but haven't got the time". However, a Hounslow based author took on the challenge of completing his debut novel Game Night while aboard a Piccadilly Tube train.

"I've been writing pieces for gaming magazines for some years now, says Jonny Nexus, "and after a while I found that between the conflicting demands of my day job and my life, the easiest time for me to write was the gap between the two - on my morning and evening commute to and from work.

"I'm lucky in that I find it quite easy to tune out the surrounding noise and just tap away on my laptop, although I have nearly missed my stop a few times!"

Game Night is a humorous fantasy tale of six gods playing Russian roulette with the lives of men. Since it's publication last December, it has attracted critical acclaim with favourable reviews and has been compared with the Discworld books of best-sellling author, Terry Pratchett.

Born and raised in Bedfont, Jonny moved to Feltham in 1995 before settling in Hounslow in 2000.

The 38-year-old caught the literary bug at an early age as "he loved nothing more than writing stories".

He recalls: "I won a writing competition for a science fiction short story.

"But this success was gradually beaten out of me at secondary school by a succession of teachers who hated science fiction with almost as much passion as I loved it."

Jonny worked on various fiction projects throughout his 20s before the writing bug struck again in 1998.

He created a web-based role-playing fanzine called Critical Miss. After attracting a cult following, Jonny became a regular columnist for magazine Valkyrie Quarterly.

Another highlight of his career is writing the Slayers Guide to Games Masters for leading gaming company Mongoose publishing. Jonny wrote a regular column for their magazine Signs and Potents when it was launched in August 2003.

When asked who are the creative influences for his work, Jonny replied: "One of my idols is fantasy writer James Wallace and two of my all time favourite books were written by Douglas Adams: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe."

Jonny lives with his wife and a menagrie of house plants in Hounslow and works as a computer programmer in the city.

He is now busily planning his second comic fantasy novel and intends to stick to a winning formula by writing the book during the daily commute on the tube.

Game Night, published by Magnum Opus Press, is priced at £7.99.