Mysql query GROUP BY where condition LIMIT 1

Question

I have a table called "articles" on the database

articles :

id +++   writer_id    +++     title     ++++    text
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1           1              some title        article for writer 1 
2           1              some title        article for writer 1 
3           2              some title        article for writer 2 
4           2              some title        article for writer 2 
5           2              some title        article for writer 2
6           3              some title        article for writer 3

I need a query to get the latest articles from the table BUT just ONE article for each Writer

depends on the rows above the query should get just 3 rows : each article owns by ONE writer

2           1              some title        article for writer 1 
5           2              some title        article for writer 2
6           3              some title        article for writer 3

php

SELECT * 
FROM articles
WHERE writer_id = ???? ;
order by id desc limit 10

thanks in advance : )

Answer 1

Short and sweet:

SELECT MAX(id), writer_id, title, text FROM articles GROUP BY writer_id;